NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE.docx

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

Description of Services Required to Meet Government Need The requiring activity is the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC-BC), HQ- Information Systems Division in support of USDA’s mission partners; Geospatial Enterprise Operations Branch (GEO). has a need to replace digital film scanning system optical glass plates that are now showing excessive wear resulting from nearly 20 years of continued operations. The optical glass has specialized coatings applied to its surface to reduce optical aberrations such as Newton Rings and other imagery artifacts and defects otherwise captured during the film digitization process without the use specially coated optical glass.

Notice of Intent to award a sole source purchase order under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The USDA intends to contract with Leica Geosystems, Inc, 5051 Peachtree Corners Circle Suite 250 Norcross, GA 300920020 on a sole source basis for the procurement of optical glass for the original equipment supporting printer DSW 700.

Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Interested parties must submit technical capabilities, pricing and other information which demonstrates their ability to meet the Governments needs no later than the response time provided. Information submitted after response date will not be considered. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the listed Primary Point of Contact.

This synopsis is not considered a request for quote. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests for technical information are not accepted. No contract will be awarded on a basis of offers received in response to this notice. Offers will be used only to determine if a comparable source is available and advantageous to the Government.