Purchase of Digital Lidar Sensors

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) intends to issue an award to Ouster Inc. 350 Treat Ave. San Francisco California 94110-1941 on a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures as outlined in FAR Part 13. The requirement is to support the construction of robotic mapping platforms that utilize Ouster manufactured sensor devices as the primary perception modality. The Ouster manufactured sensor devices are as follows:OS1 Rev 07.1 Bundle QTY 2. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334515 with a size standard of 750 employees. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued however all responsible sources may submit a capability statement proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendors ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to Christy.J.Love@usace.army.mil. The notice number shall be included in the subject line of e-mail submissions. Responses should be received by date specified above.