Sole_Source_Justification_for_Bobcat_Skid_Loader___Toolcat.docx

Gulf Islands National Seashore Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Sole Source Justification:

Bobcat Skid Loader T770 and Bobcat Toolcat 5600

DATED:

July 2021

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Sole source Justification

1. Background Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) is a unit of the National Park Service and is locate in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The MS district also has 5 barrier which is within the Gulf of Mexico. The equipment is a big part of the operation on the islands and safety is very important. We load equipment and materials onto a fifty-foot landing craft dealing with landing the vessel on the sand and the water waves.

Justification:

Bobcat is the only brand of skid loader and toolcat that the park on the Mississippi district has ever had and operator. The employee’s that operator these pieces of equipment has been through operating and safety training of the equipment. Some of the attachments are interchangeable, but not all of them. We owned a lot of the bobcat attachments from previous years. So, when new employees start, I have employees I can trust to training other.

The Toolcat we’re replacing with the attachment to my knowledge the bobcat the only one makes it.

Ernest Echoles Facility Manager Gulf Islands National Seashore image1.wmf