Aircraft Loader

Sole Source Intent: The United States Army, Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Yuma Proving Ground, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (USAYPG), Yuma, Arizona, intends to negotiate a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis with to TLD America Corporation 812 Bloomfield Ave. Windsor, Connecticut 06095-2340. The resultant contract will be a firm Fixed Priced (FFP) contract consisting of a quantity of two (2) each Walkway lowering Kits, two (2) each Linear Rollers and two (2) each Lock pallet Stops (Pallet Guide Lockdown) for PFA-50 Aircraft Loaders. TLD America is the manufacturer of the PFA-50 Aircraft Loader and are the owners of the Technical Data Package (TDP) which was not purchased with the loaders. TLD is the only company that can modify the loaders to meet Yuma Proving Grounds requirement. Pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available This requirement will be procured using the acquisition procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code is 333924 - "Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing" with a size standard of 750 employees. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency; however, a determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. In order to protect proprietary information and prevent the unintentional releasing of guarded information all interested firms must conduct their own research regarding the specifications of the above listed requirement. If you feel your firm possesses the ability to meet these requirements, then you must respond by demonstrating your firm's technical capability to meet these requirements no later than 08:00 AM MST on 30 August 2018 to gail.b.essary.civ@mail.mil..