Notice Of Intent - Brand Name

Provisions set forth by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a) (2) (ii) (A) authorizes the use of brand name only supplies in solicitations/contracts when supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a contract requiring the use of highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. As such, for the purposes described hereunder and in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, coupled with the Authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), the Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District intends to issue a competitive solicitation that will include brand name only items. Specifically, the winning contractor will be required to purchase the following brand name systems/equipment in support of Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) Combined Heat Power Plant (CHPP) contract:

PCS7 Control System - Siemens Industries, (1 each)
Fire Alarm System - Monaco Enterprises, (1 each)
SCADA System - HSQ Technologies, (1 each)
Mass Notification Receiver - Federal Signal Corporation, (1 each)
Switchgear Relay - Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), (1 each)
Knox Box Series 3200 - Knox Company, (1 each)
PHA-Pro - IHS

The use of the original manufacturer of materials and components is required to prevent issues of system functionality and extensive additional costs. The use of any other manufacturer would cause a need to replace in essence complete parts and accessories thus creating complete new systems. Therefore, the future contract will need to use brand name descriptions peculiar to one manufacturer for a specific system with whom a turn-key solution can be provided meeting all government requirements.

The government has already developed plans and specifications for the RFAAP CHPP and intends to utilize competitive procedures for the future solicitation/contract of the construction project requiring the brand name only components. The future solicitation will be numbered as W91236-15-R-0008 and competed unrestricted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for the project is 237130 with a small business size in dollars of $36.5M.

Interested parties may identify their interest and submit clearly articulated product information. Product information lacking the particular features that do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, this agency's needs cannot be considered. Interested firms may submit their interest and information from the date of this notice until 3:00p.m. EST on 19 June 2015 via email to Sandra Kharan at sandra.a.kharan@usace.army.mil with a copy furnished to Paula Beck at paula.m.beck@usace.army.mil. Any electronically submitted files by Email CANNOT EXCEED this Agency's size limit of 20MB (includes email and its attachment); files exceeding this size will be denied access to our email inbox. It is the responsibility of your firm to determine the size of its electronic file.

The posting of this Notice satisfies the provisions set forth at Subpart 5.2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

The Point of Contact for this Notice is Sandra Kharan at 757-201-7643.
USACE District Norfolk
803 Front Street
Norfolk, VA 23501