SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Upgrade to existing Video Equipment for Conference Room
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334310
— Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Division of Procurement, Avery 5F, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26106-5312, United States
- ZIP Code
- 26106-5312
- Solicitation Number
- SS-ABA-11-0065
- Point of Contact
- Marquita Bowden, Phone: 304-480-6658, PAUL WHITE, Phone: 304-480-7141
- E-Mail Address
-
marquita.bowden@bpd.treas.gov, paul.white@bpd.treas.gov
(marquita.bowden@bpd.treas.gov, paul.white@bpd.treas.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) acting on the behalf of the United States Access Board intends to negotiate a sole-source procurement with Duartek, Inc. The Access Board procured an audio system for their conference center as part of the Computer Electronic Accommodations Program sponsored by the Department of Defense. This customizable audio system was designed and built by Duartek, Inc. for the specifications of the Access Board conference center. As part of this design, the audio system is fully integrated into the conference space as an assistive listening system for people who are hard of hearing. Duartek, a vendor that specializes in designing assistive listening systems for people with hearing loss, custom designed, installed and provides continued maintenance on the entire audio system, its settings and configurations. The Access Board audio and assistive listening system is a fully integrated, customized, assistive listening system to be used by people who have hearing loss in our conference center. Duartek, an audio video company with a designer who is hard of hearing himself, is the only vendor that can provide any additional components, any additional work or maintenance on this existing custom system without jeopardizing the functionality of the existing system not to mention causing additional excessive cost to the Government for additional maintenance on a sytem that another contractor is not familiar with the internal component configuration. Duartek maintains and troubleshoots the existing system as part of the initial procurement with no additional cost to the Government. An example of typical system problems that occur and that are addressed and maintained are periodic loud buzzing sounds, the microphones fading in and out and losing sound, and reprograming microphone settings, all in association with the current system configuration that Duartek maintains. Any other contractor that would provide and install the required equipment for this procurement, will not assume no- cost maintenance coverage on the existing system as does Duartek. To prevent any undue burden on the Government, the equipment and installation will be issued under one purchase order. Any responses to this intent to sole source may be considered and addressed appropriately as part of the determination to sole source this award to Duartek. Proposals are not being requested and will not be accepted at this time. Interested offerors may register at http:www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. Responses to this request can be emailed to psb3@pbd.treas.gov - Attention: Marquita Bowden/Paul White.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/BPD/DP/SS-ABA-11-0065/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
- Zip Code: 20004
- Zip Code: 20004
- Record
- SN02497845-W 20110715/110713235500-01326e09e55ae5039f68b291362466c5 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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