Notice of Intent

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time sole source contract with North Star Imaging, Inc., 19875 S. Diamond Lake Road, STE 10, Rogers, MN 55374. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.

This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 334517 - Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing; the size standard is 500 employees.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to award a non-competitive, sole source contract to North Star Imaging, Inc., 19875 S. Diamond Lake Road, STE 10, Rogers, MN 55374for a Perkin Elmer XRD 1611 AP3 Digital Imaging Detector.

The FBI requires a Perkin Elmer XRD 1611 AP3 Digital Imaging Detector that will be going into the FBI owned North Star Imaging X50 DR/CT system.

The FBI owns the North Star Imaging X50 DR/CT system and the required
Perkin Elmer XRD 1611 AP3 Digital Imaging Detector will be configured to operate with the North Star Imaging X50 DR/CT system. North Star Imaging will remove current panel and install and mount new custom mount that will be made and configured for the FBI owned X50 DR/CT system. PLC will be update and Manipulator configure with North Star Imaging hardware and software.

While there are other distributors of the requested Perkin Elmer XRD 1611 AP3 Digital Imaging Detector, North Star Imaging is the only vendor that can meet this requirement, because of any hardware or software not approved by North Star Imaging or installed by North Star Imaging will void the FBI current software and hardware support by North Star Imaging for the FBI owned X50 DR/CT system.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to this office by 08:00 am, EST, June 22, 2015, by email to the attention of Jerry Varnell, Contract Specialist, at Jerry.Varnell@ic.fbi.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone requests will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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