Commercial Travel Services Defense Travel Area 9 (DTA9)

This is a pre-solicitation non-competitive notice of intent to sole source. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC) on behalf of the Department of Defense, Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) intends to negotiate and award a contract to CW Government Travel, Inc. doing business as: CWTSatoTravel, 4300 Wilson Blvd., Ste 500, Arlington, VA 22203-4178 on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.The Intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 561510 with a Size Standard of $19.0 million.The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-69 (effective August 1, 2013).This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR 15-Contractingy by Negotiation at an amount exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.DescriptionThe Defense Travel Management

Office (DTMO) Commercial Travel Office (CTO) requires continued support by the incumbent in providing official travel management series for Navy sites (DTA 9).Purpose and ObjectivesThe DTMO requires the continuation of official travel management and related additional services on an MSF basis for Department of Defense (DoD) travelers assigned to these Navy sites. These CTO services are to support official travel activities of authorized DoD travelers who are under the authority of the referenced locations. Official travel is travel (e.g., TDY, PCS, evacuation, travel by Reserve Component members, and civilians on invitational travel orders) in connection with official business of the United States Government and performed under orders at the expense of federal appropriated funds. These CTO services shall be provided using both traditional methods and automated methods using the Defense Travel System (DTS) web portal. In accordance with the original Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.Period of PerformanceBase period of nine (9) months from December 18, 2018. These contract services are required from the incumbent contractor, CW Government Travel, to bridge the period between the expiration of the current contract and the award of a competed follow-on requirement.This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with FAR 5.207(c)(15)(ii), all responsible sources that feel they can meet the Government's requirements detailed above and in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), and the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov."A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be retained as Market Research.