TINIUS MS DEPT OF TRANS - JACKSON MS - SOLE SOURCE - 2025.pdf
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This document is a Sole Source Statement letter from Tinius Olsen to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), dated August 14, 2025. The letter addresses MDOT's request for information regarding service and calibration providers for their Tinius Olsen Testing Machines. Tinius Olsen, as the original manufacturer of the machines, asserts its unique capability to provide factory-trained service technicians for Preventative Maintenance and Calibrations, highlighting their 143-year history of manufacturing testing equipment.
The letter emphasizes Tinius Olsen's proprietary expertise, noting that while competitive organizations may verify equipment, they cannot make proprietary adjustments or provide the same level of committed service as the original manufacturer. Tinius Olsen positions itself as the sole source provider of original factory parts for their equipment, with proprietary rights on most components. The communication is intended to secure MDOT's continued business for service and calibration, stressing the importance of factory maintenance for sophisticated and expensive testing equipment.
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The information contained in this email may be confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and return the original message to us at the above address via US Postal Service. Thank you.
Tinius Olsen Corporate Headquarters 1065 Easton Road Horsham, PA USA 19044 (215)-675-7100 TechnicalSupport@tiniusolsen.com www.TiniusOlsen.com
Date: August 14, 2025
To: Mississippi Department of Transportation
Attention: Roberto Lamanilao Originators Name: Karen Strunack, Field Service Coordinator
Email: rlamanilao@mdot.ms.gov
Originators Email: kstrunack@tiniusolsen.com
Pages: 1 Reference: Sole Source Statement
This letter is regarding your request for information on a sole source service/calibration provider for your Tinius Olsen Testing Machines.
As the original manufacturer of your machines, we can provide factory-trained service technicians to perform your Preventative Maintenance and Calibrations. Tinius Olsen has been manufacturing testing machines for 143 years. Many of the machines we built in the 1920’s are still in operation. To obtain this record of reliability you need two things: first – quality of the original product and second – the proper preventative maintenance.
You have purchased very sophisticated and very expensive pieces of testing equipment; equipment that I feel would benefit greatly from factory maintenance. However, our Factory-Trained Service Technicians only can perform proper maintenance. While competitive organizations may be able to verify the equipment, the questions you must ask yourself are what will they do if the machine needs parts or adjustments? If a machine is out of tolerance, a competitor cannot make adjustments to our equipment because the calibration is proprietary. Are they performing necessary preventative maintenance? Are they as committed to standing behind someone else’s product as the manufacturer would be? Tinius Olsen is the sole source provider of original factory parts for your Tinius Olsen equipment and has proprietary rights on most of these parts.
We appreciate the opportunity to perform your service/calibration and look forward to continuing our business relationship.
Please contact me if you have any further questions.
Regards, Karen Strunack Karen Strunack Field Service Southeast Territory P-215-675-7100 x404 mailto:customerservice@TiniusOlsen.com http://www.tiniusolsen.com/ mailto:Email:
mailto:rlamanilao@mdot.ms.gov mailto:kstrunack@tiniusolsen.com
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