SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- SPECIAL NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - BURNS COOLEY DENNIS, INC.
- Notice Date
- 7/10/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- USACE ITL, GSL, EL, CHL, Vicksburg, 3909 HALLS FERRY ROAD, VICKSBURG, MS 39180-6199
- ZIP Code
- 39180-6199
- Solicitation Number
- W81EWF-2086-4502
- Archive Date
- 10/8/2012
- Point of Contact
- ellaine.james, 601-634-2396
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE ITL, GSL, EL, CHL, Vicksburg
(ellaine.r.james@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ERDC Contracting intends to solicit on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106 to Burns Cooley Dennis, Inc, 551 Sunnybrook Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157-1811. This procurement is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Burns Cooley Dennis, Inc is the only known source that is capable of meeting the Government's research needs for asphalt binder testing services. Asphalt binder testing services will be conducted using the Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) test and the Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR) test. Testing is necessary to further critical research to evaluate the performance of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) and to evaluate laboratory performance of plant-prepared and laboratory-prepared mixes. Burns Cooley Dennis, Inc is the only U.S. Army Corps of Engineers certified and AASHTO accredited laboratory in Mississippi that has the equipment and capacity to conduct the DSR and BBR tests. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 12:00 p.m. CST on July 12, 2012. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No RFP will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to Ellaine.R.James@usace.army.mil with solicitation number referenced in the subject line.
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