--Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award to The Children's Tree House

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV intends to award a purchase order to The Children's Tree House Child Development Center to reserve child care slots for students and guests of NCTC. The Children's Tree House is a non-profit organization and is under exclusive licensing agreement with NCTC to operate child care services. The Government will be reimbursed by the student or guest for slots used. The order will include a base year and four option years. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority FAR 13.5. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, all proposals received within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered by the USFWS. A determination by the USFWS not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the USFWS. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.