--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP

The Army Contracting Agency (ACA)/Contracting Center of Excellence (CCE) intends to execute a sole source award with The Conference Board, Inc., located at 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. This announcement is in accordance with FAR 5.101(a)( 2). The award is to provide the Office of the Chief of Staff, Army with conference planning services for the Investment in America (IAF). Interested vendors may view and respond to the Statement of Work at the following location: http://dccw.hqda.pentagon.mi l/services/rfps/docs/W91WAW-07-C-0001_Doc_001.doc. The period of performance for this effort is for one base year (1 DEC 2006  1 JUN 2007) and four option years (2 JUN 2007  1 JUN 2011). Interested persons may submit capability statements no later than 13 NOV 2006 8:00 am EST. The capability statements should include the company name, address, contact information, business size and an explanation of how the requirements delineated in the SOW can be met by your organization. All statements must be submitted via email to Ms. Patrice Hargrove, Contract Specialist at [email protected]. Individual responses containing company proprietary information must be marked accordingly. S uch information will not be released outside the Government. Furthermore, the Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any technical information identified (e.g., limited and/or restricted rights).