SYNOPSIS The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Administration, Office of Administrative Management and Support plans to contract with Politico, LLC, other than full and open competition as the sole source that provides distribution of subscriber-only access to sector-specific coverage, including defense, energy, finance, health care, tax, technology and transportation, emerging trends and sharpest analysis of Congress, the White House and public policy. Politico, LLC, Politico Pro publication is the only vendor that has been cable of meeting the Government?s requirement and at lower discounted cost based on market research. Therefore, the Government intends to award a sole source purchase order to Politico, LLC. The period of performance for this award will be from October 27, 2018 through October 26, 2019. This award will not exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. The federal service code for this is D317 IT and Telecom - Web-Based Subscription In accordance with Competition in Contracting Act, 41 USC 253 [c] [1], as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, other than full and open competition is authorized when there is only one responsible source and no other supplies and services will satisfy agency requirements. This is a NOTICE OF INTENT; no solicitation is available for this requirement. If a firm believes DOE should not pursue this sole source procurement with the Politico, LLC, then interested parties may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency NO LATER THAN Friday, September 21, 2018, by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) via e-mail to
[email protected]. The written response must include a general statement for services indicated in this announcement and past performance client information for similar work. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed purchase order 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 this requirement competitively in the future.