Weschler Meters and Parts

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Branch, Denver, Colorado, intends to award a single source purchase order with Weschler Instruments, 16900 Foltz Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44149.

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND

Bureau of Reclamation intends to sole source contract with Weschler in order to upgrade and modernize Marys Lake Power Plant Controls from analog to digital.

NAICS 334515; Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, size standard 750.

Market research indicates that Weschler is the only vendor that can provide (and authorize) Weschler Meters and Parts.

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is FAR 13-106-1(b)(1)(i), Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. If firms believe they have the technical capability to meet this need, submit a technical capability statement along with business profile to chainsworth@usbr.gov within seven (7) business days of this notice. Any information received will be treated as market research information towards future similar or same requirement.

Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since the synopsis is not a request for proposal.

See Attached Draft Salient Characteristics.