Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source

The Department of Defense office MICC Ft. Gordon, located in Fort Gordon, GA, plans to award a sole source contract to Global Promotional Sales to provide program supplies that support promotion and awareness efforts for the SHARP SARC program. This procurement falls under NAICS code 339999 and is being conducted without competition based on the determination that Global Promotional Sales is the only responsible source capable of fulfilling the requirement, as authorized by 10 USC 2304(c)(1). The acquisition will proceed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures per FAR part 13 and commercial acquisition procedures outlined in FAR part 12. This action is a notice of intent to award rather than a solicitation, and no competitive proposals will be sought. Interested parties must provide clear and convincing evidence that a competitive procurement would be advantageous to the government by August 27, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Responses must be submitted in writing via email to the designated contract specialist, with oral communications not accepted. The final decision to compete the contract lies solely with the government, and if no affirmative written response is received, the award will be made to Global Promotional Sales without further notice. The office point of contact for this procurement is Leon Mckenzie, reachable by phone or email.