Notice of Intent JA Brand Name Cyber Ops Facility 21 OCT 2024.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, 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 6.302-1. A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted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 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.

2. 1800 Ultra NT Radiant Barrier (RF Shielding) - In order to minimize construction costs and exterior wall assembly thickness, it was determined that the most cost-effective solution would be to adhere an RF metal foil product full height to the interior face of the exterior wall assembly to maintain a continuous RF attenuation barrier across the vertical face of the building. Specifying a system that is adhered instead of fastened allows for less penetrations through the material and thus providing a more robust installation.

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 2024, 11:00 AM EST, to Contract Specialist, Qiana Bowman, and Contracting Officer, Michal Getz, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to Qiana.L.Bowman@usace.army.mil and 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.

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