Facilitator services in support of the USDA Strikeforce initiative to provide assistance to Historically Underserved groups

SPECIAL NOTICE: The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), South Carolina, is awarding a purchase order to Cierra Publishing Company for the following services: Facilitator services in support of the USDA Strikeforce initiative which is a cross-agency effort to accelerate assistance to Historically Underserved groups. Through this initiative, USDA is working to ensure all producers have access to programs that can help them thrive, including proven conservation programs. Sole Source Justification: Cierra Publishing Company has a unique combination of education, experience, accomplishments and credibility that positions themselves to identify and connect with minority and limited resource farmers, ranchers and forest landowners that benefits NRCS in its mission to increase education and awareness of the programs NRCS offers to historically underserved landowners. Market Research was performed to find other vendors with similar experience in support of the NRCS mission and initiatives. No other firms were identified as having the same type of experience with historically underserved groups to provide this specific level of expertise in support of the Strikeforce initiative. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order in accordance with FAR 13. The NAICS Code is 541690 " Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services" size standard $15.0 million No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by 5:00 PM ET September 14, 2015, will be considered by the Government for future acquisitions. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a future competitive procurement.