Notice of intent to sole source capacitance wave gauges for erdc-CHL

Pre-Solicitation Notice: Notice of Intent to Sole Source – CAPACITANCE WAVE GAUGES FOR ERDC-CHL

NAICS Code: 334513 Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables, Size Standard 750 Employees

Product Service Code: 5220 Inspection Gauges and Precisions Layout Tools

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center – Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (ERDC-CHL) in Vicksburg, MS has a requirement for forty analogue output capacitance wave gauges.

ERDC-CHL intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Akamina Technologies, Inc, 124 Linn Bower Lane Clayton, ON, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

Market research indicates that Akamina Technologies, Incis the only source for this requirement because Akamina Technologies, Inc manufactures a specialized instrumentation system. The current in-house system relies on a large set of Akamina capacitance wave gauges. These capacitance gauges are critical instruments to CHL laboratories, offering highly linear performance and the required accuracy (sub-millimeter) across the full range of water levels and ambient temperatures expected in the laboratory. The only other commercially available gauge is a resistance wave gauge, and it would be required to thoroughly verify that these gauges could deliver the same accurate results as a capacitance gauge across a wide range of temperatures (below 10 deg F to 100+ deg F). The consistency of the wave gauges is essential for ensuring seamless operation (“plug and play”) and reliable measurements across multiple physical models, and there are no other commercial suppliers of these capacitance wave gauges. Additionally, there are no other commercially available capacitance wave gauges which could comply with the interoperability requirements of the current system.

The government has determined that the circumstances of this requirement deem that Akamina Technologies, Inc is the only source reasonably available to provide these supplies.

Due to these reasons Akamina Technologies, Inc is the sole source for this procurement.

This is not a small business set aside.

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. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will be in any way alter the Government’s acquisition strategy.

Please see response time posted in this notice.

CHL-CT-QUOTES@usace.army.mil

Angela.D.Holcomb@usace.army.mil

Telephone responses will not be accepted. Any responses to this notice of intent should include the text CAPACITANCE WAVE GAUGES in the subject line of the response, or the response will be considered non-compliant. Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offers list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.