R--Job Recruitment Advertising Services

NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION: The Department of Veterans (VA) Strategic Acquisition Center (SAC) intends to enter into a sole source contract with RecruitMilitary LLC, 422 West Loveland Avenue, Loveland, OH 45140 to provide job recruiting advertising services to transitioning United States Military Veterans for the Veterans Employment Service Office. VESO is a strategic program management office that provides employment and career management resources designed to attract, retain and support Veteran employees at VA and across the federal government, including those serving in the National Guard and Reserve. VESO oversees VA Veteran employment initiatives and Executive Order 13518. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 1903 as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.501(a), entitled "Special Documentation Requirements, Sole Source Acquisitions". The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this requirement is 561330. The size standard is $27.5 million. The proposed action is to provide career fair recruitment exhibit space in up to 85 nationwide career fair events per year throughout the United States and its territories, magazine expose and unlimited access to Veteran applicant online job board database, internet access during career fair events, and tracking mechanisms for career fair event attendees and employers. VA is not seeking sponsorship in career fair events. The resultant contract will be firm-fixed-price with a one-year base period of performance, and will include four (4) one-year option periods. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and does not constitute a solicitation for bid or proposals. . A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received as a result of the notice of intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not a future competitive procurement should be conducted. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. Responses to this notice are due by 10 AM EST on September 9, 2016. The Point of Contact (POC) for this action is LeShanna Calahan ([email protected]).