Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to issue a sole-source award that will result in a Purchase Order to Ruppel Productions, Inc, for four months. The objective of this purchase order is for the support and design of Federal Benefit Guides and Specific State Charts which provides federal employees, retirees, and annuitants with potential health benefits and options in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Commercial Items. The authority for the sole source is FAR 13.106(b)(1). Soliciting from a single source; Purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. This requirement will be awarded to a woman owned small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 541870. The size threshold for determining whether or not an offeror is a small is a company with gross annual sales not exceeding $6.5 million. The Contractor is required to provide all necessary proof submissions, digital files, and the required layout formats for the Federal Benefit Guides and Specific State Charts. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF FAR SUBPART 5.2. THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT. Therefore, no solicitation document is available. The OPM intends to issue a competitive procurement for this requirement in the near future. Interested sources should ensure that they are registered on the Federal Business Opportunities website under the applicable NAICS code to receive notification when the Request for Proposal is issued.