Intent to Sole Source Caterpillar Bulldozer Refurbish

Added: Aug 31, 2016 2:48 pm The Regional Contracting Office Hawaii at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed price, purchase order to Hawthorne Pacific Corp, 94025 Farrington Highway, Waipahu, HI, 96797-2201, to refurbish a 1996 Caterpillar Model D8R Bulldozer, serial number 07XM01010, USMC #296050 located aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH).

The rebuild and repair must include all diagnostics test, safety and performance evaluation and tests and meet all factory certified technician requirements for Caterpillar equipment.  A Request for Information (RFI) was posted on FBO.gov for ten days, with no vendor response.  Therefore, it is concluded that Hawthorne Pacific is the only authorized OEM Caterpillar service provider with certified technicians having the diagnostic equipment to fulfill all equipment operational checks on the island of Oahu.  Hawthorne has sufficient expertise to install upgraded components, testing safety and optimal equipment functioning , and provides a warranty for the labor involved. 

This Notice of Intent is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EOI), proposals or quotations.  No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted.  No contract award will be made on the basis of EOIs, proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice.  Interested persons may identify their capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available.  The Government will consider all capability statements received prior to1000 Hawaii Standard Time 5 September 2016.  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.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.  Please send your capability statements via email to byron.moody@usmc.mil.  The authority permitting other than full and open competition is FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i).  Point of contact for this procurement is GySgt Byron Moody, 808-257-0093.