CEA Books Sole Source

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) intends to award a sole source purchase order to CCH Incorporated for 143 copies of the 2024 edition of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) Regulations and Forms. CCH has the ability to deliver a single publication that provides the following:

Commodity Exchange Act, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974; Futures Trading Act of 1978; Futures Trading Act of 1982; Futures Trading Act of 1986; Futures Trading Practices Act of 1992; CFTC Reauthorization Act of 1995; Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000; CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008; Title V11 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; and, Regulations promulgated by the CFTC.

Each section of the acts listed above must include the United States Code citation as well as the section number of the act. There are no known alternative sources where the CFTC can obtain the same or comparable information contained in the subject titles. The period of performance of the purchase order will be for 90 days from date of award.

This procurement action is being performed pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a single source: (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, (i) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).

The authority for permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C.3304(a)(1), as the services needed by CFTC are available from only one responsible source and no other type of services will satisfy the needs of the agency. This notice does not constitute a solicitation for offers and, as such, no solicitation is available. However, the Government will consider responses from all responsible sources received by the response date and time identified in this synopsis.

Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement. Any responses received will only be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in lieu of the sole source contract described in this notice, and such determination shall be made at the sole discretion of CFTC.