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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, hereby gives notice of their intent to award a contract to FS-ISAC, Inc., 12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 230, Reston, VA 20191 on a sole source basis utilizing FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition, procedures in accordance with 41 USC 253(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has a need for the renewal Financial Services - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) Gold memberships. The FS-ISAC is the operational arm of the financial services public-private partnership. FS-ISAC was established via Presidential Policy Directive -63 as an information sharing mechanism to protect the financial sector critical infrastructure. It is a non-profit organization that serves as the financial services sector-wide information sharing mechanism to prepare for and respond to cyber and physical threats, vulnerabilities and incidents, and to serve as the primary communications channel for the sector. The membership will include user access credentials for 50 individuals, CINS crisis notifications, government, member, and partner alerts, customized email notification profile, 24 x7 watch desk, member submissions, member surveys, industry best practices, member contact directory, threat conference calls, trusted email registry, FS-ISAC Committees/workgroups, free attendance at member meetings, EML data feeds, and FS-ISAC governance. This is not a request for competitive proposals; however, the Government will consider responses from all responsible sources received within three days after date of publication of this notice. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence to clearly be able to provide the services outlined in this notice. 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.