SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Sea Grant Registration Fees
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division - Kansas City, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NRMAD0000-16-00940
- Archive Date
- 8/5/2016
- Point of Contact
- Shelley Smith, Phone: 816-426-2066
- E-Mail Address
-
shelley.smith@noaa.gov
(shelley.smith@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City office intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with the University of Rhode Island, 75 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881, for registration fees for 39 staff at the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) to attend the Sea Grant Week Conference for the Office of Atmospheric Research in Silver Spring, MD. Sole Source Justification The National Sea Grant College Program is a university-based federal-state partnership, with three leadership groups. NOAA is the Federal partner, and is represented by the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO). The State universities are represented by the Sea Grant Association, composed of the Directors of the individual Sea Grant programs. Both are advised by the legislatively-mandated, presidentially-appointed National Sea Grant Advisory Board (NSGAB), a Federal Advisory committee. These three groups meet semi-annually at the Sea Grant Association Meeting to provide a mechanism to coordinate activities, to set program priorities at both the regional and national level, and learn about and discuss issues of importance to the oceans and coasts. The meeting is sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant, whose fiscal host is the University of Rhode Island (URI). Thus, all payments associated with this meeting must be made to URI. There is no other vendor. Participation in this meeting is essential for the NSGO to carry out its mission of developing and communicating program and strategic planning guidance to the state Sea Grant programs under the auspices of the National Sea Grant College Act 33 U.S.C. 33 U.S.C. § 1122-1133. The conference, held every two years, is the only time the leaders from the entire Sea Grant Program gather to develop program plans and strategies for carrying out the mission of the National Sea Grant College Program. If the NSGO does not attend this conference, the opportunity for collaboration and coordination will be lost for this two year planning cycle resulting in a less efficient program plan and decreasing the likelihood of mission success. Sources Sought This sources sought notice is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide the required services may submit substantiating documentation in writing within five days of this notice. Responses can be faxed to Shelley Smith at (757) 664-3633 or sent via e-mail to shelley.smith@noaa.gov. Documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. DOC, Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made to a company not registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov. To register, all contractors must have a Dun and Bradstreet number. A Dun and Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun and Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/eupdate or by telephone at (800)333-0505.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/CASC/NRMAD0000-16-00940/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Office Atmospheric Research, 1315 East West Hwy SSMC-3, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN04177521-W 20160713/160711234520-60afa94ac348f31608b53f31562c4e71 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |