NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE ISCO 6712 full-size portable samplers

Notice of Intent - The USDA, ARS, WBSC intends to award a sole source procurement to C.C. Lynch & Associates, 300 Davis Avenue, Pass Christian, MS. 39571, as they are the sole source for this type storm water monitoring system pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy agency Requirements. The award will be for a storm water monitoring system capable of automatically measuring agricultural land water runoff and wirelessly transferring the measurements to a computer via internet.

Specific Requirements: The system must include (but not limited) three ISCO 6712 full-size portable samplers, three 4-bottle configurations for the 6712 full-size portable samplers, three tipping bucket rain gauges (0.01 in) working with the 6712 portable samplers, three ISCO 730 bubbler flow modules with 1/8" x 25' bubble vinyl line, three 50-Watt solar power supplies including batteries for 6700 Series Portable Samplers, three XL60-degree trapezoidal flumes with staff gauge and molded cavity with SS bubble pipe, three StormBox fiberglass equipment enclosures, three 2105ci CDMA Serial Over IP modem modules with 60-2004-550 dual band magnetic mount antenna, three 3/8 inch stainless steel strainer, three 3/8 inch vinyl 100ft suction line. Service of installation of the flumes and associated flow meters/samplers inside storm boxes with solar power supplies should also be provided.

The Government intends to award a firm fixed price Purchase Order on or about September 22, 2017, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This Notice of Intent is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 2:00PM central time, September 22, 2017. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via mail to the Contracting Officer at the following address:

Contracting Office Address: USDA-ARS
Shalunda Mix
Shalunda.mix@ars.usda.gov
P.O. Box 225
141 Experiment Station Road
Stoneville, MS. 38776-0225