HTI quarterly telemetry maint SR

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Branch, Denver, Colorado, intends to award a single source purchase order with HTI-Vemco USA, Inc. (HTI), 711 NE Northlake WAY Seattle, Washington 98105-6429.

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND

Bureau of Reclamation intends to sole source contract with that HTI for Quarterly Maintenance of Existing HTI Telemetry Systems at the Tracy Fish Collection Facility Improvement Program (TFFIP) for one base year and four option periods (Not to Exceed 5 Years).

NAICS 541990; All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, size standard $17,000,000.

Market research indicates that HTI is the only vendor that can provide maintenance of existing HTI telemetry systems in order to keep the HTI hydroacoustic systems at the TFCF in good working order for use during various acoustic research projects.

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is FAR 13-106-1(b)(1)(i), Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. If firms believe they have the technical capability to meet this need, submit a technical capability statement along with business profile to chainsworth@usbr.gov within seven (7) business days of this notice. Any information received will be treated as market research information towards future similar or same requirement.

Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since the synopsis is not a request for proposal.