R--Notice of Intent to Sole Source -- Simi Marketing, Inc.

Notice of Intent to Sole Source -- Simi Marketing, Inc. The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 intends to award a Sole Source, firm-fixed price purchase order under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Other Than Full and Open Competition procedures and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to Simi Marketing, Inc., 3222 Bostonian Dr, Los Alamitos, CA, 90720. This requirement is for the acquisition of services for translation of Pesticide Safety Videos and Public Service Announcements (PSAs) from The Pesticide Safety Project (http://thesafetyofyourfamily.com/). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. This acquisition is required to support the U.S. EPA, Region 9 Communities and Ecosystems Division (CED) for implementing the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA establishes standards for safe use of pesticides and specific protections to agricultural workers from occupational exposure to pesticides under the worker protection standard (WPS). EPA emphasizes training in the hazards of pesticide exposure and how to avoid pesticide exposure as a fundamental way to protect workers and their families from pesticide exposure. Simi Marketing, Inc. currently holds the digital rights to existing The Pesticide Safety Project videos and therefore is the only vendor authorized for these video translation services. Simi Marketing, Inc. will be awarded a Sole Source. Inquiries to this notice shall be in writing and submitted by 12:00PM PST, October 4, 2013. Inquiries should be addressed to Amitkumar Raikar, Contract Specialist. The Contract Specialist can be contacted by electronic mail at [email protected].