Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award - Corporate Leadership Council Classic Membership for Human Resource Professionals
ID: 2031JW24Q00088Type: Presolicitation
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TREASURY, DEPARTMENT OF THEOFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCYOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT / CFOWASHINGTON, DC, 20219, USA

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Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)

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IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (DA10)
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    Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award - Corporate Leadership Council Classic Membership for Human Resource Professionals
    The Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) intends to award a firm fixed price five-year contract to Gartner, Inc. for the renewal of the Corporate Leadership Council Classic Membership for Human Resource Professionals. This membership provides unlimited access to research studies and over 2,100 experts offering consultative services, executive education seminars, management implementation toolkits, customized research briefs, and web-based access to a library of over 300,000 corporate best practices. The OCC will have exclusive access to specific and unique services no longer available to other organizations. The contract period is from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025.
    This notice is not a request for competitive quotations, but the OCC will consider responses from all responsible sources within seven days of publication. The responses must provide clear and convincing evidence of the ability to provide the services outlined in the notice. The OCC will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement based on the received responses.

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