New- YAO SCADA opto 22

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. All responses may be used for market analysis in determining the availability of potential qualified businesses for the purposes of determining an appropriate acquisition strategy.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin (LCB) intends to negotiate and award a non-competitive contract to Essential Data Control Systems, Inc (EDCS), 1172 E Road 3 S, Chino Valley, Arizona 86323-6724 for a base year and four option years. The requirement is for OPTO 22 support service for the SCADA Systems at Imperial Diversion Dam, Senator Wash, and All American Canal. The OPTO 22 system configuration was developed and installed by EDCS. This requirement is being issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR Part 12 and 13. The Government believes that only one responsible source can fully provide the service that will satisfy the agency¿s requirement. A Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition will be prepared in support of this acquisition and posted in accordance with FAR Subpart 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy Agency requirements.
The procurement will be awarded using simplified acquisition procedures. The anticipated award date is September 18, 2022. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code is 541519, Other Computer Related Services; and the size standards is $30.0 Million.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Virginia Toledo, Contracting Officer, who can be reached at vtoledo@usbr.gov.

The government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed price contract. A determination by the Government whether to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competition.

Responses must be submitted not later than Monday, August 8, 2022 at 5:00 P.M. (PST). Capability Statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date. The maximum number of pages for submission is three (3) pages (excluding cover page). Capability statements should be e-mailed directly to Virginia Toledo at vtoledo@usbr.gov. SUBMISSIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL.

Respondents should include as part of their submission:

a. A synopsis of the company's capabilities in this area.
b. GSA Number/NASA SEWP Number (or both) if applicable
c. Unique Entity Identifier
d. Company Name
e. Company Address
f. Business size, SDVOSB, HUBZone, or Woman owned status, as validated via the System for Award Administration (SAM). All offers must register on the SAM located at http://www.SAM.gov
g. Company point of contact, phone and email address.
h. Past work experience. If you have experience working with other Federal Agencies and/or commercial businesses of similar size and scope, please include agency and/or business name contract number (if applicable), amount and type of contract (e.g. FFP, T&M, Labor hour etc).

Any company proprietary information must be marked as such.

Disclaimer and Important Notices: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of notice is strictly voluntary. Responses will not be returned. No entitlements to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges to the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses or the Government's use of such information or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work; also, Respondents must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published on a government GPE. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.