SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- CONFERENCE SUPPORT SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 9/17/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 561990
— All Other Support Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.I, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG0850682L
- Response Due
- 10/2/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/17/2009
- Point of Contact
- Kathleen M Pierson, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-2996, Fax 301-286-0247, />
- E-Mail Address
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kathleen.m.pierson@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for conference support services in order to convene andhost numerous events throughout the year to disseminate administrative, scientific andtechnical information. These events may range from conferences, meetings, peer reviews,working groups colloquia, symposia and workshops to tradeshows.NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the services from Harris Information Technology Services(Harris) on a sole source basis until a follow-on competitive procurement for conferencesupport services is awarded. The competitive follow-on acquisition activities areon-going. If NASA were to procure support services from any other source at this time,the combination of delay due to the competitive process, duplicate costs, and the timerequired by a new contractor to become acquainted with the work would cause substantialdelay in fulfilling NASAs mission. Harris is the current incumbent and is the only responsible source qualified to performdue to its current involvement with on-going and future conference support activities.The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is the ServicesAcquisition Reform Act of 2003 (41 U.S.C. 428a), as implemented in Federal AcquisitionRegulation (FAR) 13.501(a)(1)(ii). The Government intends to acquire a commercial itemusing FAR Part 13.5.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon October 2, 2008. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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