NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE USSF Partnership Event Venue

The 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL hereby gives NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE to Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, to provide Maxwell AFB’s USSF Space Delta 13 with an event space in the US National Capital Region for a two-day partnership event in accordance with (IAW) the attached Statement of Requirements (SOR).

Brief Description of Requirement: The contractor shall provide an event center in the National Capital Region Capable of housing 350 attendees for two days, including lodging, multiple breakout rooms for one-on-gov sessions, a conference room/auditorium, A/V and IT Support, in accordance with the Statement of Requirements.

Place of Performance: US National Capital Region. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 721110 Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels There will be no written solicitation issued. This is an intent to purchase a sole source procurement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). This will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

To be eligible to receive an award resulting from this RFQ, contractors MUST BE REGISTERED and ACTIVE in the DoD Systems for Award Management (SAM) database at time of quotation submission, no exceptions. Contractors not registered in SAM; your quote will not be evaluated. To register, please visit http://www.sam.gov or call 1-866-606-8220. Those capable of meeting the requirement IAW the SOR are requested to provide the following information in their response:

1) Current capability that demonstrates your company's ability to meet the requirements as outlined in the attached SOR, to include but not limited to, specific event center location, address, and confirmation of availability during the requested event dates.

2) Company name, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, type of business and size, Cage Code, and UEI number.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1) Information submitted will not be returned to the respective respondents. Oral submissions of information are not acceptable and will not be accepted in response to this notice.

2) Respondents may respond via e-mail no later than 27 August 2023, 3:00 pm, Central Standard Time (CST) to both SSgt Drew Matter at drew.matter@us.af.mil; (334) 953-7835 and Mr. Jeremy Kersey at jeremy.kersey.1@us.af.mil; (334)-953-3526. If no responsible, responsive offers are received by the above date, a sole source contract will be issued to Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, under the authority of 6.302-1(a)(2).

Attachments: Attachment 1 – Statement of Requirements