A.02.08 J&A Market Research - Notice of Intent to Brand Name.docx

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL.

PROJECT: PANNAD-22-P-0000 000196- General Instruction Building, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests.

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of Brand Name Items.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to include the following proprietary items in a request for proposal for a construction contract acquisition under the authority of FAR 6.302-5(a)(2)(ii), Authorized or required by statute. This project may include a Brand Name only component, as described below, unless the results of this sources sought notification indicates otherwise.

This notification serves three purposes: (1) to notify potential Offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name only component under a future construction project; (2) to identify potential sources that can provide the brand name only item and/or equivalent; (3) notification of the Army's intent to contract sole source for a Brand Name Only, if the market is unable to provide 'equivalent' products.

In the event no equivalent equipment exists, the Brand Name Only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR 6.302-5(a)(2)(ii). A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted for consideration. In such instances, the brand name or equal component will be embedded in the construction project. Only that part of the project requiring brand name components will be sole sourced if no sources are able to prove an equal product.

SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT: The construction project will include Brand Name only equipment as follows:

1. BEST locksets with Cormax interchangeable cores: These are the door hardware lock sets and cores required to be utilized throughout the U.S. Army War College in order to comply and integrate with the current system utilized. It is critical and essential that the locksets and cores are compatible with the current U.S. Army War College keying system on the General Instruction Building (GIB). The Cormax cores are necessary for both security and cohesiveness. Allowing this change would significantly reduce impacts and disruptions to the U.S. Army War College.

Interested vendors must show clear and convincing evidence that alternatives to the specified items exist. Interested vendors wishing to be considered by the Government as described above must provide a copy of its brochure and any other capability statements/ data no later than 05 November 2021, 11:00 AM EST, to Contract Specialist, Michael Getz , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to Michael.J.Getz@usace.army.mil.

This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the direction of the Government.