Intent to Sole Source - ATLAS Load Frame Equipment

This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.101(a)(2) requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract, and is not a request for competitive proposals. The statutory authority for this sole-source procurement is FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

The Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Tenant Contracting Division, 6565 Surveillance Loop, BLDG 6001, Aberdeen Proving Ground MD 21005, intends to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc. located at 23300 Haggerty Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48335, to provide one (1) ATLAS Load Frame equipment in accordance with the attached purchase description for the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC). ATC requires the equipment to upgrade their existing Hybrid III ATDs. Humanetics is the manufacturer of the ATDs and the load cells that are installed in them. They use the same calibration equipment in house as they also provide to their customers. Humanetics possesses the knowledge and skills that are necessary to calibration the load cells that they manufacturer. ATC existing equipment that was procured previously through Humanetics. Due to the nature of this upgrade, ATC's existing equipment must be compatible the new equipment. Procuring through Humanetics will ensure that the existing equipment will work with the new upgrades, as Humanetics has conducted significant testing to ensure the systems will function upon delivery. Humanetics has imposed specific requirements on the third party vendors that manufacture their components and restrict their availability to outside entities. Humanetics also, develops the software used to control the equipment and maintains proprietary control. The Humanetics ATALSA Load Frame is not available through any distributors. No other system offers the required testing capabilities required by the Government.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Please contact Mr. David Humfleet, Contracting Officer, with responses or questions regarding this requirement at david.a.humfleet.civ@mail.mil. No telephonic inquiries. This notice will close on 17 September 2018 at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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