Notice of Intent to Sole Source Brand Name

Description
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (SPL) intends to place a brand
name specification into solicitation W912PL24R0029 in accordance with FAR 6.302.
Interested persons may identify their capability to respond to the requirement. This
notice is not a request for competitive proposals; however, all information received
within 15 days after publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government.
A determination by the Government not to include this proposed brand name
specification based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the
Government. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Directorate of Contracting, is
conducting a market survey to identify sources for Alamo Dam Gate Rehabilitation and
Hydraulic Cylinder Replacement. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles
District, anticipates a future procurement for the Alamo Dam Gate Rehabilitation and
Hydraulic Cylinder Replacement at Wenden, AZ. The installation and removal of the
maintenance bulkhead to provide closure to the conduit, fabrication of three service
gates & three emergency gates with hydraulic components, installation of a control
tower crane/lifting system, hazardous gas abatement, and incidental related work. The
Alamo Service and Emergency Gate Replacement project requires a sole source
justification for multiple ingredients within the paint formula as outlined in specification
section 09 97 022 PAINTING: HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES. The ingredients that make
up this vinyl paint system are the only ones tested and approved by USACE
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) for use as protective coating on
underwater steel structures. Although the vinyl paint system can be procured from
multiple manufacturers, certain ingredients within the paint system are only available
from the specific manufacturers listed below. Due to proprietary information of these
specific ingredients, decades of performance testing and importance of the protection
coating for submerged steel structures, altering the paint formulation by changing the
specific ingredients would result in an inferior protective coating system. The ingredients
listed in part 3 below will not only mitigate the risk of an inferior protective coating and
any unforeseeable costs including repairs and future maintenance, but it will also
maintain the integrity of the premier protective coating system with decades of testing
and approved by CERL. These ingredients make up a small portion of the overall paint
system, in which the paint system is itself a small portion of the overall cost for the
metallic elements of the new weir and fish passage construction. The cost of the entire
paint system is currently estimated at less than $226,010 which includes labor,
materials, equipment, and markups. However, the specific ingredients required in the
paint formulas are estimated at less than $5,650 (approximately 2.5% of the materials
cost) of the total paint system. This request is not a request to be placed on a
solicitation mailing list. It is for information only and is not a request for proposal (RFP)
or announcement of a solicitation. The purpose of this Notice of Intent (NOI) is to obtain
sources for the CERL vinyl paint to meet the above requirements. If no other sources
exist that can meet these requirements, then it is the Government’s intent to specify the
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Brand Name for completion of the
Alamo Dam Gate Rehabilitation and Hydraulic Cylinder Replacement at Wenden, AZ
solicitation. Firms interested in being considered shall provide manufacturer's name,
product data, and written statement of compliance with stated requirements. The written
statement of compliance shall include necessary backup design information and
supporting documentation. A list of projects in which the equipment has met similar
requirements for similar applications shall be provided. The list shall include the exact
location of project(s) and a point of contact with phone numbers. The Government will
not pay for any material provided in response to this notice nor return the data provided.
Responses should be emailed to the contacts identified in SAM.gov no later than 5:00
PM PDT, 06 June 2024. No other forms of transmission are requested or will be
accepted.