R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO HARVEY HOLZMAN

The National Labor Relations Board intends to award a sole source contract to Harvey A. Holzman, pursuant to 10U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The NLRB must defend a series of pending Title VII cases and an Equal Pay Act case, cases brought by one plintiff which involve numerous interrelated factual issues, going back a number of years. (See description) The Attorney-Contractor has knowledge of the background an nature of these cases, has institutional knowledge vital to staffing this case, and is familiar with all the witnesses. This contract must be awarded to the Attorney-Contractor in order to ensure propoer continuity of functions and legal services necessary to staff these cases. Work on the cases is continuous and is expected to continue into and through most, or all, of Fiscal Year 2008. Attorney-contractor is to provide continued legal services required to assist the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Justice Department sttorneys in the litigation of issues of alleged discrimination related to various Agency employment actions asserted by the plaintiff/complaintant, specifically Case Nos. 05-5309 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit), remanded for further proceedings in No. 01CV00862 (U.S. District Court for D.C.), and 05-1290 (U.S. Court of Federal Claims); and to represent the Agency in handling cases before teh Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Nos. HDQ-03-12; HDQ-02-02; and HDQ-01-03). This is not a formal solicitation. This synopsis is not considered a Request for Quotation or Proposal. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.