SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Notice of Intent to SOLE SOURCE
- Notice Date
- 9/23/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, OCPO, Office of Support Operations, Office of Support Operations, NO, 451 7th Street S.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20410
- Solicitation Number
- RCS-H-14-00136
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2014
- Point of Contact
- diane toledo-gaskins, Phone: 2024024140
- E-Mail Address
-
diane.e.toledo-gaskins@hud.gov
(diane.e.toledo-gaskins@hud.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Sole Source/RCS-H-14-00136. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) proposes to enter into a contract on a basis on a sole source based on the statutory exceptions under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1 with Guidestar Premium Services- Philanthropic Research Division - San Francisco, CA Washington, DC office located at 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006 to assist providing HUD with subscription services to provide the Housing Counseling program with background information on Housing Counseling applications. Guidestar is a large business that offers web services, data services and software products on information that HUD requires on nonprofits organizations. This firm provides individuals and organizations interested in the nonprofit sector with the necessary information in order to enhance their decisions, advance their goals, and reduce their expenses for data collection and analysis. Guidestar gathers and publicizes information about nonprofit organizations that include financial data, organizational relationships through parent companies, can identify compensation for CEO's, and also identify group exemption numbers. Guidestar encourages nonprofits to share information about their organizations openly and completely. Any nonprofit in Guidestar's database can update its report with information about its mission, programs, leaders, goals, accomplishments, and needs. Guidestar combines the information that nonprofits supply with data from several other sources. Guidestar has the largest digitized record database, with the total number upwards of 2.7 million records. This notice of intent is for information purposes only, therefore, no solicitation will result from this announcement. The NAICS code is 519130 and the size standard is 500 employees. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. All sources eligible to provide this service must respond in writing. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence in sufficient detail to clearly demonstrate the ability provide the services outlined above. Information received will be considered; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. A request for documentation will not be considered as an affirmative response. If no responses are received within 3 days, by September 25, 4:00 pm EST, after publication of this notice to the effect comparable services are available, and that it is more advantageous to the Government than obtaining these services through a sole-source contract, then a sole source acquisition award will be made. Responses to this award should clearly identify the Notice number RCS-H-14-00136 and is to be sent to: Diane.e.toledo-Gaskins@hud.gov.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HUD/NO/NO/RCS-H-14-00136/listing.html)
- Record
- SN03523743-W 20140925/140923235037-81e25c732d6da4894a801eb536a41b35 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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