WATERAX Genuine MARK-3® OEM Parts

Presolicitation notice:  1202SC25Q2700

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Procurement and Property Services, Incident Procurement Operations, Logistics Contracting Branch intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under the number 1202SC25Q2700. The resultant contract, if any, will be a firm fixed price (FFP) contract, Cache Re-Supply, Waterax Mark-3® Pump Original Manufacturer Parts (OEM).

This Pre-solicitation Notice seeks to provide information to interested parties about a potential opportunity to provide the items stated above.  This Pre-solicitation Notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply.  Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S.) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to either this Pre-solicitation Notice or the Solicitation Notice.  All costs associated with responding to either this Pre-solicitation Notice or the Solicitation Notice will be solely at the responding party’s expense.  Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled at any time without warning. After solicitation, and prior to award, all offers may be rejected if in the best interest of the Government or the public.

Please direct any questions regarding this notice to: Theresa Hood at theresa.hood2@usda.gov.  Include the reference number 1202SC25Q2700 in the subject line.

Request for Quote (RFQ) 1202SC25Q2700 for this acquisition will be released on or about Friday, December 6, 2024, and will close on or about Monday, December 16, 2024. It is anticipated that one (1) contract will be awarded on or about Wednesday, December 18, 2024, with a required delivery timeframe of 120 Calendar Days after Award. 

ONLY QUOTES FROM WATERAX AUTHORIZED RESELLERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The Product Service Code (PSC) for this procurement is 4320 – Power and Hand Pumps.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 333914 – Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 750 employees. 

Prospective vendors should ensure this NAICS is associated with their registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). 

All vendors wishing to submit a quote must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (https://sam.gov/) or risk their otherwise timely quotation being considered non-responsive regardless of its completeness, timeliness or other salient considerations. Information on SAM registration can be obtained at the following web site: https://sam.gov/.

The Contractor must be actively registered with no exceptions in SAM to be awarded any resultant contract.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. Submission of any information in response to this pre-solicitation is voluntary.  The Government does not assume any financial responsibility for any costs incurred associated to this pre-solicitation.

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice announcement ONLY. This Pre-solicitation Notice is being posted to the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) website (https://sam.gov) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.204, Pre-solicitation notices.