--Subject: Notice of Intent to Award a Purchase Order to The Steven Barclay Agenc

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV intends to award a purchase order to The Steven Barclay Agency of Petaluma, CA for Barry Lopez to be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual Student Climate and Conservation Congress (SC3). The SC3 conference mission is to empower outstanding student environmental leaders with the skills, knowledge, and tools necessary to address natural resource conservation challenges and better serve their schools and communities and will be held at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. The period of performance for the proposed purchase order is June 22, 2012 through June 29, 2012. Barry Lopez will serve as the keynote speaker for the conference and participate in various activities June 25-27, 2012. The proposed purchase order is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). All responsible sources may submit a response which, if timely received, must be considered by the agency. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.