--Notice of Intent to Award a Contract on a Sole Source Basis

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence intends to award a sole source contract to Foreign Reports, Inc. The requirement consists of access to timely, accurate, and comprehensive, daily reporting on political and energy events in the Middle East. Foreign Reports, Inc. is the only subscription service that provides this in-depth coverage of political and energy events specific to the Middle East. The DOE is using exemption to competition 6.302-1 (a) (2) (ii), One Responsible Source. The contemplated award would include an annual subscription for a period of five years as follows: Base Year: 3/19/2018 ? 3/18/2019 Option Year 1: 3/19/2019 ? 3/18/2020 Option Year 2: 3/19/2020 ? 3/18/2021 Option Year 3: 3/19/2021 ? 3/18/2022 Option Year 4: 3/19/2022 ? 3/18/2023 This is a Notice of Intent and not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation is available for this requirement. If a firm believes DOE should not pursue this sole source procurement with Foreign Reports, Inc., then they should submit a capability statement and pricing information for the requirement via FEDCONNECT website (https://www.fedconnect.net) no later than December 28, 2017, by 5:00 p.m. ET. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information will be considered solely within the discretion of the Government. Information will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for reimbursement of any costs incurred by interested parties in response to this Notice.