SOLICITATION NOTICE
23 -- 4x4 diesel sport utility vehicles
- Notice Date
- 1/28/2011
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 441229
— All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Department of State, African Posts, U.S. Embassy Khartoum, P.O. Box 699, Kilo 10, Soba, Khartoum, Non-U.S., Sudan
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SSU40010M0497
- Archive Date
- 1/31/2011
- Point of Contact
- Robert C Wolf, Phone: 249187022000
- E-Mail Address
-
wolfrc@state.gov
(wolfrc@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- SSU40010M0497
- Award Date
- 9/14/2010
- Description
- JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (OVERSEAS CONTRACTING ACTIVITIES) 1. I recommend that Embassy Khartoum use other than full and open competition for the acquisition of Nissan Patrol motor vehicles. The estimated cost is $445,000 USD. 2. Purchase of 6 Nissan Patrol wagons for Mission Sudan local guard force. 3. 4 wheel drive motor vehicles, approximately 200 inches in length, accommodating driver and 7 passengers, powered by diesel engines. Vehicles need to be maintained in the country of Sudan. An adequate supply of parts in addition to available maintenance staff in both the capital Khartoum and the southern city of Juba. 4. 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. 5. Nissan vehicles have a reputation in Africa for reliability and, as they are ubiquitous here, it is easy to source parts and locate reliable service providers when the need arises. 6. Offers were solicited from 3 international vendors of the specified product. Advertisement was not made, due to CO inexperience. 7. I, Robert C Wolf Contracting Officer, determine that the acquisition price for these items is fair and reasonable. 8. No market survey was conducted as knowledge of like vehicles was sufficient enough to determine that, based on required specification and serviceability, only one source would be satisfactory. 9. Post has received new Chevrolet Suburbans recently, and 1 arrived with a dashboard electrical problem. Due to the fact that there are no authorized Chevrolet services centers in Khartoum, and post had to diagnose the problem remotely with a US dealer, the vehicle remained unavailable for more than 4 months. It took that long for the diagnosis, shipping of parts, and their installation, before the vehicle became available to motor pool. On average, problems with US made vehicles take more than twice as long to resolve, due to the lack of parts and service centers in Sudan. Finally, most US vendors are reluctant or unwilling to ship parts to Sudan, because they are concerned about violating sanctions in effect on the Government of Sudan. It often takes several emails/phone calls before vendors are convinced (and not all vendors are convinced) that it is not a violation of the sanctions to supply parts to the US Embassy in Sudan. Other non-US manufacturers were not included because it is believed that they are not as serviceable in Southern Sudan, where these vehicles will be used. 10. No requests from sources expressing interest in this acquisition were received. 11. The Department might wish to consider centralizing all procurement of motor vehicles for overseas missions in Washington, DC, similar to the DS armored vehicle program. A dedicated, knowledgeable office would be of great assistance to a post such as Khartoum, where the DS budget is extremely large, and the requests are many. More course time for GSOs/Contracting Officers would be a step forward.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Khartoum, Sudan, Juba, Sudan, United States
- Record
- SN02369245-W 20110130/110128234449-6b8ff12743465ab8e420a0c9952c5ae9 (fbodaily.com)
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