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This document is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to procure remotely operated electrical safety equipment from Circuit Breaker Sales, NE, LLC (CBS) under the simplified acquisition procedures of FAR Part 13.
NIST intends to award a single-source contract to CBS for custom-designed Arc-Safe equipment used to protect electrical employees when working on high-voltage circuit breakers at the NIST Gaithersburg campus. This is a commercial service requirement estimated to be under the simplified acquisition threshold. NIST has determined that CBS is the sole provider of this proprietary equipment that meets the required protection standards, and a sole-source award is in the government's best interests to maintain the warranty and avoid risk. Interested parties have until April 17, 2024 to demonstrate their capability to meet the requirement in writing. This notice is not a solicitation, but a market research effort to determine if competition is possible.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to enter a single source award with Circuit Breaker Sales, NE, LLC (CBS), 79 Main Street, Seymour, CT 06483-3122 at the NIST Gaithersburg campus under the authority of statutory authority FAR 13.106-1(b).
The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 335999 with a business size standard of 500 employees.
This is a commercial service requirement with an estimated value under the simplified acquisition threshold. FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13 procedures will be utilized in this acquisition.
FAR Part 6 procedures do not apply to FAR 13 procurements.
NIST purchase safety equipment to protect their electrical employees while working on high voltage breakers. The remotely operated devices are used to remove personnel from extreme high hazard areas when opening and closing these breakers. These items can only be purchase from Circuit Breaker Sales NE. No substitutions, changes, or alternate manufactured items cannot be compared to meet the protection and standard that is essential for the protection of government property. All custom cases are delivered by CBS for ArcSafe equipment that is redesigned via CAD modeling and remanufactured specifically for their products. CBS is the proprietary for this equipment and their equipment alone.
Based on the above, the Contracting Officer has determined that a single source award IAW FAR 13.106-1(b) is in the best interests of the Government to maintain the warranty of the equipment and avoid risk to the Government.
Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date of this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to sharrion.young-mosley@nist.gov later than April 17, 2024, at 10:00 am EST.
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