Notice of Intent JA Brand Name Brand Name Equal Cyberwarfare Ops 9SEP24.pdf

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL.

PROJECT: PANNAD-24-P000 002219 - CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS FACILITY at

Fort Meade, Maryland

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 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services

Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This project may include a Brand Name only component, and a Brand Name or Equal 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 and Brand Name or Equal, if the market is unable to provide 'equivalent' products.

In the event no equivalent equipment exists, the Brand Name Only and Brand Name or Equal justification will be issued pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted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 and

Brand Name or Equal equipment as follows:

Brand Name Only

1. Fire Alarm Radio Transmitter (Parts) Monaco - The fire alarm system to be installed within the facility is required by Code to transmit signals to a constantly attended central station. On Fort

Meade the central receiving station is the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES)/Fire

Department, which uses a Monaco D-21 receiver. Our project must include a radio transmitter that is compatible with the existing Monaco D-21 receiving equipment in order to transmit the required signals. The use of any other manufacturer would result in the inability to send fire alarm signals to the Base Fire Department.

Brand Name or Equal

2. Fire Alarm Radio Transmitter – Monaco - For the fire alarm system, the specifications for the construction project requires addressable devices, panels, and notification appliances in accordance with UFC 4-021-01 Mass Notification System Code, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, and Fort Meade Installation Regulation 420-7

Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Installation Fire Regulation.

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 25 September 2024, 11:00 AM EST, to Contract Specialist, Qiana Bowman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore

District, Contracting Division, via email to Qiana.L.Bowman@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.

mailto:Qiana.L.Bowman@usace.army.mil