Notice of Intent to Sole Source Soo Area Office Security Infrastructure

Cancelled Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
W911XK-25-R-0009
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The United States Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Detroit has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source a security infrastructure expansion project for the Soo Area Office in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The notice specifically intends to award a contract directly to Siemens Industry Inc. without competitive bidding, utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2) authority. The project will involve upgrading security systems at the Storage Yard and MSB parking lot, including the installation of specific camera models, CAC readers, and associated electronic panels and boards. The contract opportunity was posted on February 4, 2025, with a response deadline of February 18, 2025. The notice is categorized under Computer Systems Design Services with a specific focus on IT and Telecom security products.

Contractors interested in this opportunity are invited to demonstrate their capability to provide directly compatible equivalent products if they believe they can meet the project requirements. To be considered, potential contractors must submit specific documentation including their firm name, CAGE code, point of contact information, and supporting materials illustrating equivalent product capabilities. The submissions should be sent via email to three specified government contacts, with the subject line "Notice of Intent for Brand Name Siemens". The government will evaluate responses solely to determine whether to proceed with the sole source procurement or consider competitive bidding. Specific technical requirements include installing a minimum of two fixed and two PTZ cameras at the MSB location, seven fixed and three PTZ cameras at the Storage Yard, and six CAC readers at each location, along with specific panel and board specifications. The notice emphasizes that this is not a competitive solicitation and that any determination to specify brand names remains entirely at the government's discretion.

Notice text

This Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Siemens for the purpose of expanding the current security infrastructure by adding additional cameras and CAC readers for the Sault Material Storage project covering the Storage Yard and MSB parking lot located at the United States Army Corps of Engineers Soo Area Office located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and will sole source to:

Siemens Industry Inc.

1000 E. Deerfield PWKY

Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

As part of this procurement, the Detroit District intends to specify brand name products on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) to Siemens Industry Inc. 

Work under this contract is expected to include the following:

  1. Cameras:
    1. Specs: Pelco D7230L, Pelco SRXP4-5V10-EBT-IR, Pelco SRXP4-5V10-EMD, and Pelco IMF122-1ES
    2. MSB: Minimum requirement of two (2) fixed and two (2) PTZ.
    3. Storage Yard: Minimum requirement of seven (7) fixed and three (3) PTZ.
  2. CAC Readers:
    1. Specs: IDV-9216AB Identiv TouchSecure SC Keypad Contact Reader – High Assurance Ready, OSDP Ready HF/LF - Termina
    2. MSB: Minimum requirement of six (6)
    3. Storage Yard: Minimum requirement of six (6)
  3. Panels/Boards for readers:
    1. Specs: iStar-iSTAR Ultra G2 GCM board, CSTAR-ACM STAR Ultra ACM board. Includes USB cable.
    2. Minimum requirement of eight (8) readers.

This notice of intent is not a request for a competitive proposal. This is not a solicitation and the information contained herein are subject to change or be eliminated from the requirement. Only Contractor's capable of providing directly compatible equivalent products shall respond. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. 

Interested parties who feel they have the capability may identify their interest and capabilities to provide directly compatible equivalent products, please provide the following: 

1.    Name of Firm
2.    Cage Code
3.    Point of Contact, Phone Number, and Email address
4.    Supporting documentation to illustrate the directly compatible equivalent product(s)

Submit and information for consideration by the Government to joseph.d.russell@usace.army.mil, stephanie.m.craig@usace.army.mil, and LRE-Proposal@usace.army.mil, Subject: Notice of Intent for Brand Name Siemens.

 
Responses shall be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the government to specify these brand names, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. 

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