NOTICE OF INTENT W91WAW-08-T-0092 The Contracting Center of Excellence (CCE) on behalf of the Joint Chiefs of Staff intends to award a sole source purchase order to Congressional Quarterly. The contractor shall provide on line service and hard copy service subscription publication, Congressional Quarterly (CQ), for the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Legislative Affairs, European Command Liaison Office, J8, United States Forces Command, and the Joint Staff Comptroller's Office. The Congressional Quarterly is used to provide comprehensive news and analysis, real time updates, transcripts for all defense hearings and extensive archives, all of which is used to provide information for briefings and updates to the JCS and VCJCS. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate the required services with only one source iaw FAR, Part 8.405-6. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, the Government will consider all capability statements of no more than 10 pages received by 10:00 a.m., 23 May 2008. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The point of contract for this action is Ms. Peggy Y. Pennie, Contract Specialist, 703- 697-0801 and email at
[email protected]. This notice can also be retrieved and downloaded from CCEs homepage at: http://cce.hqda.pentagon.mil click on SERVICES then RFPs; select the desired RFP and click on the Process button.