Notice of Intent Plastic Blast Media

The 502d Contracting Squadron, 395 B Street West Suite 2, Joint Base San Antonio-TX 78150, intends to solicit and award a sole source firm-fixed-price purchase order to Midvale Group, Inc. aka Midvale Environmental Technologies (Midvale). The action will be executed under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, in accordance with the attached Single Source Justification and under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), that states (in part) "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...".

The requirement is to provide the following:

CLIN 0001: ADM GPX 20/50 Starch-g Acrylic Blast Media packaged in 300lb plastic drums, 4 per pallet, total quantity: 80 drums. Includes inbound freight to JBSA-Randolph and pickup of spent media for return to recycling center.

The nature of the sole source is that there is only one known manufacturer of the E-Strip GPX Media: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). ADM is on the Air Force's Qualified Products List for Mil-P-85891 Plastic Media Blast. ADM has designated Midvale as their authorized distributor.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for quote or proposal. However, interested parties may submit a narrative describing their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort via email to Vivian Fisher, Contract Specialist @ vivian.fisher@us.af.mil no later than 4:00 PM CT, 19 April 2019. The information received will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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