This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2—Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions. The Library of Congress, Contracts and Grants Directorate, intends to award a sole-source firm fixed price contract to Transcendent Imaging LLC, 5765 Thornwood Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. The work to be performed under the contract will be performed at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. The period of performance shall run for one base year with four option years. The Library will contract with Transcendent Imaging LLC, an entity that provides the highest quality camera systems for the professional and scientific industry. The service agreement will provide comprehensive maintenance and repair services of proprietary Megavision HIS Camera Service in use for the Library collection materials. This announcement constitutes the only notice, quotations are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. However, the Library will consider expressions of interest received by April 8, 2020. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based upon the responses to this notice, if any, is solely at the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. Responses to this notice must demonstrate evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission of the Library of Congress. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to: Monica Montague, Contract Specialist, at
[email protected] or Tiffany Lucas, Contracting Officer, at
[email protected]. Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent—Megavision HSI System Service Agreement.