Personal Protective Ensemble
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- W50S77-25-F-0001
- Agency
-
Texas National Guard
Army National Guard, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 315990 Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
- PSC
- 4240 Safety And Rescue Equipment
- Place of performance
- Houston, Texas 77034, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The 147th Attack Wing Contracting office of the Texas Air National Guard has published a Special Notice announcing their intent to award a sole source contract to ADS, Inc. for Fire Emergency Services Personal Protective Equipment. The procurement covers specialized firefighting gear including structural coats with accessories, structural pants with reinforced knees and bellow search pockets, and suspenders. This is classified as a sole source acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) for soliciting from a single source, with no written solicitation to be issued. The contracting authority has determined that ADS, Inc. is the only approved provider of Fire Fighter PPE that meets USAF standards for active duty, guard, and reserve firefighters. The procurement is mandated by HQ SAF/AQC, making open market competition unreasonable according to the contracting office.
The Special Notice serves as a market research tool to identify any other qualified sources that might be capable of meeting the USAF's specialized requirements for firefighter personal protective equipment. Interested contractors must respond by June 25, 2025, via email to SMSgt Shawn T. Stewart and MSgt Buddy L. Ciemiengo, with no telephone or fax inquiries accepted. To be eligible, contractors must demonstrate they can provide PPE that meets the specific USAF standards required for firefighter safety equipment. The government retains full discretion to determine whether to proceed with the sole source award based on any responses received. The procurement will be structured as a firm fixed-price contract funded through Operations and Maintenance funds, though the contract value has not been disclosed in the notice.
Notice text
The 147th Attack Wing Contracting office intends to award a sole source contract to ADS, Inc. for the delivery of Fire Emergency Services Personal Protective Equipment. This purchase will include the following PPE: structural coat with accessories, structural pant with sewn-in reinforced knee with bellow search pockets, and suspenders.
ADS, Inc. is the sole source provider of Fire Fighter PPE for active duty, guard, and reserve USAF Firefighters. The PPE sole source is required per HQ SAF/AQC, no other vendor will meet the USAF standard. As such competing this requirement on the open market is not reasonable.
There will be no written solicitation issued. This procurement is being made pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), Soliciting from a single source. All qualified sources must respond not later than the date and time specified under General Information within this special notice.
A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses should be emailed Attention SMSgt Shawn T. Stewart at shawn.stewart.4@us.af.mil, and MSgt Buddy L. Ciemiengo at buddy.ciemiengo.1@us.af.mil. No telephone or fax inquiries will be accepted.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sole Source Justification Fire PPE.pdf |
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