Opportunity: Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Department of Energy's (DOE), Office of Headquarters Procurement Service, on behalf of the Office of Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO), intends to award on a sole source basis a contract to Tango Card, Inc., 4700 42nd Ave SW STE 430A, Seattle, WA, 98116 under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501 to provide electronic/virtual gift cards and allow the individual employee to select the gift card of their choice from a wide variety of options (merchants), allow for distribution of the gift cards virtually/electronically and allow Human Capital program administrators the ability to administer the overall purchase and distribution of the gift cards on-line. Tango Card, Inc. is the only vendor identified with the capability to permit employee selection of the specific gift card from a variety of businesses and electronically transmit that selected gift card to the employee via email. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE OFFERS AND NO SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Responses shall be sent in writing to Dremayne Doyle, dremayne.doyle@hq.doe.gov via email no later than June 30, 2023, at 1:00 PM ET. The e-mail shall contain the following subject line: Response to Notice of Intent 89303023NHC000009. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.