Parking Services

NOTICE OF INTENT – SOLE-SOURCE ACQUISITION Notice No.: 75N98027Q00078 The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order to Vend Park for parking services at 6700B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland. Description of the Requirement NHGRI requires parking spaces for its Federal employees and contractor personnel assigned to or supporting operations at 6700B Rockledge Drive. The requirement consists of access to 40 unreserved parking spaces and 6 reserved parking spaces for a Base Period and three (3) Option Periods. The parking spaces must be located within the 6700B Rockledge Drive complex to ensure employees and contractor personnel have convenient, reliable, and secure access to their assigned work location. The location of the parking facility is an essential requirement because personnel must be able to access the building through an appropriate and accessible route while meeting the facility's security and operational requirements. The contractor shall provide parking access cards to authorized personnel to facilitate access to the designated parking spaces throughout the period of performance. Justification for the Proposed Sole-Source Acquisition The Government intends to solicit from a single source pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Vend Park is the proposed source because it owns and operates the only parking facility within the 6700B Rockledge Drive complex capable of meeting NHGRI's parking requirements. The Government's requirement is specific to this location due to the need to provide Federal employees and contractor personnel with parking that supports secure, accessible, and reliable access to their assigned work facility. The availability of parking within the complex is essential to the Government's operational needs. Parking facilities located elsewhere in the surrounding