2009 FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

The U.S. Coast Guard intends to procure 2009 MEMBERSHIP TO FEDERAL FACILITES COUNCIL. (SEE NOTE 22) This proposed procurement is for supply for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 500 FIFTH ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20001 BACKGROUND: The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) is an element of the Board of Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE), Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, national Research Council (NRC). Since 1953 the FFC and its predecessor organizations have provided sponsoring agencies with a mechanism for jointly identifying and addressing mutual problems and potential solutions through research and consensus. The National Academy of Sciences, the parent organization, is a Congressional charted nonprofit organization. Note 22. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract 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.