Exhibition Space Rental - American Library Association

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 the American Library Association (ALA) Show Management Office. The period of performance shall run for about 2 months. The Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement at the Library of Congress will contract with American Library Association (ALA), for a short term rental space for its exhibit booth at the American Library Association annual conference 2019. This announcement constitutes the only notice, quotations are not being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. However, the Library may consider expressions of interest received within 4 calendar days after the publication of this notice. 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. Question or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Christopher Bruce, Contracting Specialist, at cbru@loc.gov. Please indicated in the subject of your e-mail: Notice of Intent -Exhibit Space.