National Fire Codes All Access Subscription

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), Information Technology Acquisition Center (ITAC), Office of the Chief Information Officer, (OCIO), Solutions Development Directorate (SDD), Research Library and Information Services (RLIS) intends to award a sole source purchase order to National Fire Protection Association(NFPA), Inc, 1 Batterymarch Park STE BSMT, Quincy, MA 02169 for the renewal of the National Fire Codes All Access Subscription Service. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAR) 2021-06, the North American Industry Classification System (NAISC) is 511120 with a business size standard of 1,000 employees. A quote is being requested under solicitation no. 70RTAC22Q00000005 using Simplified Acquisition procedures. This will be a fixed price contract for 12 months. Based on DHS market research, it has been determined that NFPA is the only source to meet DHS requirement and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. NFPA Data Base is owned and copyrighted by NFPA and is protected by U.S. copyright law and international treaty provisions. The proposed contract action is for the renewal of the National Fire Codes All Access Subscription Service which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond by submitting a proposal to include technical qualifications and experience/pricing and any other information to Stacey.Macmillan@hq.dhs.gov and Andrea.Walker@hq.dhs.gov. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated by reference and apply to the acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to offeror-Commercial items (OCT 2018); FAR clause 52.212.-2, Evaluation Commercial item(OCT 2014); FAR clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions items (OCT 2018); FAR 52.212-5 clause, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercials items (JAN 2020). Offeror shall include a complete copy of the clause 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial item (DEC 2019). The full text of clauses can be obtained at Web Site https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/indes/far. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is based upon responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone inquire will be accepted. Quotes may be submitted via-email to Andrea. Walker@hq.dhs.gov.