Notice of Intent to Single Source: X-Ray Irradiator

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
AI1124915
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts 02542, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Forest Pest Methods Laboratory (FPML) has published a Special Notice indicating its intent to award a purchase order to Rad Source Technologies to procure an x-ray irradiator (RS 2000 Q2). This purchase will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and FAR Part 13.106-1(b), with a not-to-exceed value of $250,000.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to inform interested parties of the USDA's intention to single source the procurement of the x-ray irradiator, which is critical for the FPML's phytosanitary research and sterile insect technique (SIT) studies. The Special Notice provides a ten-calendar-day response period for interested parties to demonstrate that competition would be advantageous to the government. No solicitation package is available, and the government will solely determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement based on the responses received. This Special Notice is not a request for competitive proposals, and no reimbursement will be provided for any costs associated with providing capability information.

Notice text

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Forest Pest Methods Laboratory (FPML) intends to award a purchase order to Rad Source Technologies to procure an x-ray irradiator (RS 2000 Q2). See attached single source justification.

This purchase will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 -Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-l(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000.

This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. This is NOT a solicitation or request for quotes or proposals. No solicitation package is available and telephone requests will not be honored.

Interested parties may respond to this requirement via email within ten (10) calendar days of the publication of this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 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. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided.

The points of contact for this Notice of Intent are:

  • Amanda Imlach (Amanda.Imlach@usda.gov)
  • Todd Bierl (todd.k.bierl@usda.gov)

Please reference this Notice of Intent number, AI1124915, on your correspondence and in the "Subject" line of your email.

Files

File Type Posted
Single Source_XRay Irradiator.pdf PDF

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