Sole Source Justification for Phoenix Project

Added: Jul 06, 2016 3:12 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory intends to conduct a sole source procurement for adjusting all laboratory Phoenix control valves to new air flow settings, adjusting controller card sensors and conduct test and balance of the laboratory systems. See attached sole source justification for more details.  This procurement is required to be completed as follow up to our current recommissioning project. The government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulations FAR 6.302.1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or serives will satisfy agency requirement.  This notice is not a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a Request for Proposal(RFP). Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the government.  Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, or submit capability statement by responding to this notice no later than 2:00 p.m. EST, July 22, 2016 by e-mail to laurie.revard@ars.usda.gov.  All information submitted should support the offerors capability to provide the service required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the government.  If no affirmative written response is received by July 22, 2016, an award will be pursued with the company mentioned in the Sole Source Justification document attached in this Special Notice.  The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238210 - Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors, with a small business standard of $14M.  Anticipated award date is estimated to be the end of July 2016.