SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- UNGA Hotel Facility Support Services
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 721110
— Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- SECSTATE1001802249
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2018
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie Reid-Smith, Phone: 703-875-5920, Reaver T. Clements, Phone: 703-875-5077
- E-Mail Address
-
Reid-SmithSJ@state.gov, clementsrl@state.gov
(Reid-SmithSJ@state.gov, clementsrl@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE AWARD The U. S. Department of State, Office of Acquisition Management intends to award a sole source procurement for a firm fixed price services Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for a Base (12-Months) and Four Option Years (12-Months each) to the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY, in support of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to be held in New York. The delivery of services are required 10 days or sooner after contract award. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition, 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) o 41 U. S. C. 253(c)(1) under FAR 6.302-1(d)(2), “Only One Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement.” The Executive Office of the Secretary of State (S/ES-EX) has a requirement for a hotel within close proximity (walking distance) of the United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY to provide hotel accommodations, rental of venue space, Audio and Visual equipment/including technician support, various office equipment, laborers/movers (furniture removal and installation), as well as functional meeting space and other logistical items during the UNGA for Senior High Level USG Participants and their staff. Security and logistics are the Department of State’s primary considerations when procuring hotel accommodations and venue space. The security and logistical teams made determinations during market survey conducted among prominent hotels that were in proximity (walking distance) to the United Nations Headquarters, discussing/assessing strengths and weaknesses of each venue. Consideration of VIP participants, availability of venue space and the location are taken into consideration as determining factors. Unique requirements for security and communications support are under severe time limitations and always a determining factor in the selection process, as its capacity to be augmented to the unique requirements necessary to support certain head of states & head of government level and Senior High Level USG Principals. In meeting this requirement, it has been determined that the space and location of the Lotte New York Palace in New York uniquely meets the special security requirements essentials for its VIP attendees during UNGA and can provide all requirements needed under this procurement. No solicitation package will be issued on FedBizOpps. The intent of this notice is not to request competitive proposals and any information received from interested parties will only be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted. However, interested parties may submit a description of their firm’s capabilities for satisfying this requirement, which demonstrates they possess the ability to successfully perform this effort. All responses shall be submitted via E-Mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to ClementsRL@state.gov and Reid-SmithSJ@state.gov by 14 August 2018, 1200 Noon/Eastern Standard Time (EST).
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: New York, NY, New York, New York, United States
- Record
- SN05027146-W 20180810/180808231338-873fa041105d298ea2b53ed789cdcbbb (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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