Notice of Intent to Brand Name.pdf

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL.

PROJECT: PANNAD21P0000001719- USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) Building 002 Renovation

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 A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted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. Building Automation System (BAS) and Utility Monitoring and Controls System (UMCS) to be sole supplied to Siemens. These are several control panels utilized for communicating between the HVAC devices and the BAS control panel and the site-wide Utility Monitoring and Controls System.

2. Electronic Security System (ESS) to be to be sole sourced by Lenel. The ESS will consist of Access Control System (ACS), Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Video Intercoms, and Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras for B002 and will be monitored and controlled at the security desk located in B003.

3. Digital Alarm Communicator Transmitter (DACT) to be sole supplied by Siemens. This is a single panel utilized for communicating between the fire alarm control panel and the site-wide fire alarm reporting system.

4. Door hardware locksets to be sole sourced by Sargent Manufacturing Company. Door locksets will be fitted with Sargent 5-pin interchangeable core cylinders with a LA master key.

5. Fire Alarm Radio Transmitter materials and services: This project will require the installation of one new Star Link Fire Alarm Radio Transmitter to send fire alarm signals to Fire Department.

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 13 November 2021, 11:00 AM EST, to Contract Specialist, Amber Duty, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to Amber.L.Duty@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.