HENAAC/GMIS 2022 Career Fair

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to award a sole source Firm Fixed Price purchase order to the Great Minds in STEM (GMIS) for registrations to the 2022 HENAAC/GMiS Career Fair. This Requirement includes the following: (10) Full registrations for Thursday-Saturday general events • (1) College Bowl Team • (1) Seminar • (2) Speed Networking Tables (4 Recruiters) • Career Fair Exhibit Booth 20 X 20 • (6) Career Fair Only Single Event Registrations (with lunch tickets) • (3) Career Fair Interview Booths • Career Opportunities in the Recruiting Guide • (6) Collegiate Student Leadership Awards Tickets • Reserved Seating at all the Signature Awards Events • (5) Company Executives Photos Featured • Emerald level logo with hyperlink on the GMiS website • Emerald level recognition in all conference collateral • (3) Summit Selection Committee participants • (3) Summit Planning Committee participants • Can provide up to 3,000 branding items for attendees • Full Page Journal Ad • Student Resume Database Access The conference is scheduled to take place from 5 October 2022 to 8 October 2022 in Pasadena, California. Every year, USACE attends and is represented at multiple conferences. At many of these conferences, the purchase of the booth rental acts as the conference registration or the conference space has a vendor the attendee(s) must use for booth rental. The recruitment of Hispanic employees, as part of the USACE Hispanic Employment Program, is an integral part of the USACE Equal Employment Opportunity program. USACE’s participation at career fairs and conferences targeted toward Latino citizens is part of the program to take affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity to minorities, women and people with disabilities in all areas of employment. The GMiS conference brings to one location over 3500 attendees, including nearly 1800 college students and recent graduates. It is the 2nd largest Latinocentric STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) organization in the country and affords USACE an unparalleled opportunity for spreading USACE brand awareness among prospective applicants and educators. The HENAAC conference also allows for concentrated hiring efforts in one location. This is a special notice prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 Synopses of Proposed Contract Action. A solicitation will not be posted. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within fifteen (15) days of publication of this announcement. Supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to coply with the requirement. Responses received will be evaluated. However, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with awarding a Firm Fixed Price contract to GMiS. The Point of Contact for this requirement is Angela Hampton (email: [email protected] ; phone: 703-428-7110).