13, 000 gal Cryogenic LN2 Tank

Intent to Sole Source Acquisition
This is a notice of intent to sole source a commercial item (FAR Authority: 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 332420 and the small business size standard is 750 employees or less.

The USDA, Agriculture Research Service (ARS)., Plains Area (PA) research laboratory located at Fort Collins, Co intend to sole source from Cryo Associates 7905-A Airpark Road Gaithersburg, MD 20879 a LN2 bulk tank from the manufacture Chart/MVE capable of storing approximately 13,000 gallons of Liquid Nitrogen. The tank should be a VS-01 Series, model VS13000SC including a "Tank-Tel" digital monitoring gauge on the bulk to monitor the level in "inches" of LN2. The equipment is vital to the research being conducted at the Fort Collins location. Installation to be per the SOW attached in this notice.

All interested parties are encouraged to provide information on their capabilities to meet this requirement. In order to be considered a potential source, interested parties must submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating the capabilities to satisfy the requirement specified above and advantages of the Government to consider another source. The documentation must include prices and descriptive literature containing sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona fide capability to meet this requirement. Only written responses will be considered. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis, the contracting officer may determine that a solicitation will be issued. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended GSA schedule vendor and all firms that respond to this synopsis. If no affirmative written response is received by 16:30 PDT, September 9, 2016, an award will be pursued with the company mentioned above.

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