Intent to Sole Source- Allflex

The Montana Department of Administration, State Procurement Services Division, is pursuing a sole source contract on behalf of the Department of Livestock for Allflex (Assoc. II, Customer Care) to provide livestock identification tags. The specific procurement involves orange brucellosis vaccination 840-RFID tags and white 840-RFID tags, categorized under commodity codes 3808 (printing) and 3211 (livestock supplies). The solicitation, identified as SPB-SolSour-2025-0575LS, is not a competitive proposal request but allows potential vendors to submit alternative product descriptions if they believe they can provide an equivalent offering. The procurement timeline indicates the event opens on 6/5/2025 at 4:00 PM MDT and closes on 6/19/2025 at 2:00 PM MDT. Interested vendors must utilize the eMACS Q&A Board to submit questions or comments by the specified deadline, with Lauren Spatzierath serving as the primary contact at Lauren.Spatzierath@mt.gov or +1 406-444-0118. Vendors must complete specific prerequisites, including reviewing the Single Point of Contact information, reading the Letter of Intent to Sole Source, and accepting the Q&A Board information.

The solicitation does not explicitly detail set-aside designations or restrictions on responding organizations. There are no clear indications of disadvantaged enterprise preferences or specific vendor diversity requirements. The document does not provide details about an incumbent vendor beyond Allflex being the proposed sole source provider. No specific budget range or award value is mentioned in the available documentation. Potential vendors must follow a structured process to view or enter a bid, which includes multiple administrative steps in the eMACS system. While the procurement is for livestock identification tags, no additional context is provided about existing infrastructure or technology integration requirements. The sole source nature of the procurement suggests a specialized need that Allflex is uniquely positioned to fulfill for the Montana Department of Livestock.