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The U.S. Geological Survey intends to make a non-competitive award in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence known as Benchmark for one time purchase of subscription of recycling forecast to be delivered to USGS, National Minerals Info Center for the period of Award date through one year No option years this time. Benchmark is the only available vendor to provide the required subscription.

The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.501(a). All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation no later than 07/15/2024 which shall be considered by the agency. However, this notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

A firm-fixed price award will be made on or before 07/25/2024 The NAICS code is 513120. The size standard is 1,000. The anticipated award date of the contract is 07/25/2024. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price contract. A vendor must be registered at http://www.sam.gov to be awarded the contract.