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Notice of Intent NAICS Code: 513110 Newspaper Publishers. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to award a sole source purchase order under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulati... Notice of Intent NAICS Code: 513110 Newspaper Publishers. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to award a sole source purchase order under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Politico, LLC. to procure a 12-month base period and a 12-month option period subscription access to E&E News publications and services including (Energywire, Climatewire, E&E Daily, Greenwire, E&E News PM). E&E NEWS publication services provides comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets. E&E’s daily online publications are used by EPA researchers and policy writers to track energy, environmental and climate policy. Politico, LLC. is the sole and only source, owner, distributer, and provider of E&E News publications and services including (Energywire, Climatewire, E&E Daily, Greenwire, E&E News PM). Additionally, the EPA has identified E&E news as the only vendor capable of satisfying these requirements. The circumstance permitting this sole source procurement is FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b) "Soliciting from a single source". All interested parties who believe they can provide the required items should fully explain their capabilities and qualifications in writing within 5 calendar days from the date of this announcement and provide itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. The intent of this notice is to determine if any other source(s) exist, and therefore, no solicitation is available. Consequently, anyone failing to provide the aforementioned and instead chooses to merely submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the statement of work or more information about the project will be ignored. The information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether competition is viable. Responses to this notice should be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Jeffery Clodfelter via the following e-mail address (Clodfelter.Jeffery@epa.gov) within 5 calendar days from the date of this notice. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.