Bureau of Indian Affairs, Oklahoma Area Education Office, 4149 Highline Boulevard, Suite 380, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73108

U -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE SOL RFP-BIA-9B00-006 DUE 082099 POC Kenneth Drapeau, Contracting Officer (405)605-6051 Ext. 304 Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the Oklahoma Area Education Office (OAEO), Oklahoma City, OK intends to place a contract on a sole source basis with Parents As Teachers (PAT), 10176 Corporate Square Dr., Suite 230, St. Louis, MO 63132. Contract is for the BIA's Family and Child Education (FACE) program training and includes on site technical assistance at 22 FACE sites, conducting FACE implementation training, FACE follow-up training, and FACE advanced training. Contract period of performance will be for one (1) year. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties who contend that they are capable of providing the services should submit within 15 days from the publication of this notice, specific factual data and other pertinent information as so desired, to be used as an evaluation basis to determine competence to successfully meet the requirements. All proposals received within the 15 days notice period will be considered by the Government. The Government reserves the right not to open this requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice. Technical responses and requests received, as a result of this Notice of Intent, will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 08/05/99 (W-SN364196). (0217)

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