Notice of Intent to Sole Source CHiPS Req.

NOTICE OF INTENT 22 May 2019 The 10th Contracting Squadron, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Colorado, intends to make a Sole Source award to National Health Promotion Associates (NHPA), Inc. for Cadet Healthy Personal Skills (CHiPS) Training. This procurement is for the acquisition of sole source commercial services using simplified procedures in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. Requirement: The United States Air Force Academy requires CHiPS. This is a training approach that is designed to build personal self-management skills, social skills, and other life skills needed to reduce substance abuse and violence, increase resilience, and successfully navigate developmental tasks. See attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). Period of Performance (PoP): Base: 1 June 2019 to 31 August 2019 4 Option periods: 1 June to 31 August until 2023 PSC: G003 Social - Recreational Contracting office address: 10th Contracting Squadron, 8110 Industrial Avenue, Ste. 200, USAFA Colorado, 80840 Solicitation Number: FA700019QA036 Place of Contract Performance: USAFA Sole Source Justification: A sources sought was posted on fbo.gov on 11 Jan 2019 with a suspense date of 25 Jan 2019 to which 10 CONS received 1 response (from NHPA). This was an effort to find additional vendors and competition for the CHiPS requirement. No additional responses were received. This is a commercially available service not exceeding $7 million and only one vendor is capable of fulfilling this requirement. FAR Part 12 governs commercial acquisitions and FAR Part 13.000 allows the use of simplified acquisition procedures for commercial acquisitions not exceeding $7 million. Therefore, a sole source acquisition will be conducted IAW the authority, 41 U.S.C 1901, as implemented by FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii). This synopsis is for notification purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals. DO NOT submit a bid/quote at this time. Any offerors believing they can provide a CHiPS Solution with all specifications and requirements described in the attached PWS should provide evidence for consideration. Evidence must support the offeror's claim. All qualified sources may submit a response, which if timely received, will be considered by this agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement can be conducted. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses must be received NLT 1:00 PM Mountain Time on 29 May 2019. Responses received after this will be considered late IAW FAR 52.212-1(f) and may not be considered. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this announcement. Contractors must have a current registration within the System for Award Management (SAMS) https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ Questions should be addressed to Casey D. Pehrson, Contract Specialist, casey.pehrson.2@us.af.mil or Heidi Stein, Contracting Officer, heidi.stein.2@us.af.mil. CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT: 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (JUNE 2016): (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, James A. Anderson 8110 Industrial Drive, Ste 103 USAFA, CO 80840 Telephone number 719-333-3829 FAX 719-333-9018 email: james.anderson.72@us.af.mil Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)