The United States Environmental Protection Agency¿s Office of Administration and Resource Management (OARM), Office of Acquisition Management (OAM), on behalf of the Office of the Administrator (OA), Office of Multimedia Services (OMS), intends to award a sole source purchase order under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, using FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to Critical Mention Inc. in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) and pursuant to FAR 6.302-1 under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 519130. EPA will subscribe to Critical Mention¿s subscription service for continuous media monitoring support for the period 02/08/2016 through 02/07/2017. Two additional 12 month option periods are also available to exercise with a maximum expiration date of 02/07/2019. Critical Mention¿s desktop license subscription includes: unlimited log ins, searches and views; auto-alert filters; RSS topic feed; and content for networks in U.S. TV, U.S. radio and U.S. Spanish TV, as well as content in U.K. TV and radio stations and in Middle East TV stations. All content is recorded 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week and in minute-by-minute intervals. While other companies are licensed to sell and redistribute some of the items required by OM, no company other than Critical Mention, Inc. has the full product/item list required to meet EPA¿s need. As Critical Mention, Inc. is a unique provider of this subscription and utilizes no resellers, it is in the Government¿s best interests to enter into a sole source agreement to obtain the services and products from Critical Mention. The eventual Purchase Order is to be administered for the period of a maximum of three (3) years through 02/07/2019 if all options are exercised . This is a sole source procurement under the authority of FAR 13.103-1(B), 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. All responsible sources that feel they should be considered qualified to provide the foregoing product may submit a response to this notice within 10 days of synopsis publication to Ms. Sini Jacob at
[email protected]. Information furnished shall include detailed documentation to allow the government to perform a proper evaluation. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement 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. THI S NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED.