Intent to Sole Source: ACFE 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference

Fiscal Service Procurement, on behalf of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) intends to make award to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners., 716 West Ave., Austin, TX 78701-2727, on a sole source basis, for registration of personnel to attend the Annual Global Fraud Conference. The annual conference provides more than 100 anti-fraud educational sessions for TTB personnel to choose from.

Education session tracks provide excellent training to improve participants' ability to detect and deter fraud, which provides significant organizational benefit and aligns with TTB's high revenue and fraud mission emphasis. The ACFE is the host organization for the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. As the host organization, it is the only company that can provide registration to attend this conference.

The period of performance for the purchase order/contract is anticipated to be June 24, 2024 to June 26, 2024. TTB will consider written responses received no later than 1:00 pm ET on Friday, April 19, 2024. All responsible sources shall submit information as specified below to be considered by the agency. Responses shall be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, SS-TTB-24-078 / Attn: JRS – MH. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE.

A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will not be accepted. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows your company is capable of providing the requirement described in this notice.

Responses received will be reviewed; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

If no written response is received by the aforementioned deadline that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements, and that is more advantageous to the Government, Fiscal Service will make award on a sole source basis to Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. Qualified Contractors must provide the following:

1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size (Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Other than Small Business etc.). Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number, should the Government have questions regarding individual responses.

2. UEI Number.

3. Specific details of the product(s) that your company offers in regard to this notice.

4. Whether your content is available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market.

5. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, as well as a list of customers to whom your company currently provides the specific required content. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered: .bat, .cab, .cmd, .com, .cpl, .dot, .dotx, .exe, .hqx, .hta, .mim, .mp3, .mp4, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .uu, .uue, .vbs, .wsf, xxe,.wmv, html, mhtml, and .zip files The allowable Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF file types as follows:

Microsoft Office (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx) and Adobe PDF (.pdf) are acceptable. No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time.