The Department of Commerce, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service (NWS), intends to negotiate a blanket purchase agreement on a sole source basis, under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302 Other Than Full and Open Competition, with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to provide their various AMS proprietary services. The services include: publication of atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic journals - in print and online; sponsorship of more than 12 conferences annually; and offers numerous programs and services. There are two current requirements that will be awarded against this blanket purchase agreement: (1) AMS Journal Subscriptions Weather and Forecasting online, Weather, Climate, and Society online and Monthly Weather Review Online (2010). (2) Page Charges for "A nonparametric post-processor for ...." James D. Brown/Dong-Jun Seo, and color page charges. Attached to this announcement is the statement of objectives for the blanket purchase agreement. The period of Performance is from date of the award through January 31, 2013 This blanket purchase agreement will be accomplished in accordance with FAR Subpart 12 and 13. This is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested companies may submit an affirmative response to the requirement with 4 days from the posting date of this notice to [email protected] or fax to 301-713-1024. 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. No telephone requests will be honored.

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