Intent to Sole Source - Copyright Transmission Services

This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals.  The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) as prescribed by FAR 13.106-1(b).Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Fort Leavenworth, KS intends to issue a sole source, firm fixed price award to Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), to provide transmission of copyright permissions for the reuse of the copyrighted materials for the CARL Library at Fort Leavenworth, KS.  Due to the legal nature and intention of copyright law, the Rightsholder(s) of copyrighted works is/are vested with certain exclusive rights, and may assign or otherwise delegate those rights to third parties on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis. Authority to handle the right to grant permission for reproduction of the copyrighted works within CCC’s repertory has been delegated by the copyright holders to CCC on a non-exclusive basis.The NAICS code for this

requirement 541199 All Other Legal Services (Size Standard $10.0M), and the PSC Code is R498.  This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received prior to closing of this announcement will be considered by the government.  Interested parties may identify their capability to respond to this requirement.  Interested parties must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government to garner further consideration by the government.  A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Written responses to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement.  MICC Fort Leavenworth will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice.Any quotation/response should be emailed to Contract Specialist Larissa A. Brown at larissa.a.brown2.civ@mail.mil by 5:00 PM, CST, 31 March 2020.