SPECIAL NOTICE
36 -- DIOXIDE GAS GENERATOR
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333249
— Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Northeast Area
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-3JL0-S-15-0001
- Archive Date
- 3/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Regina L. Dennis, Phone: 215-233-6553
- E-Mail Address
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regina.dennis@ars.usda.gov
(regina.dennis@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, in Wyndmoor, PA, intends to negotiate solely under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, to provide one new Minidox-M Chlorine Dioxide Gas Generator with 3 days on-site training and startup support. Written substantive statements addressing each specific technical specification identified under Item three below, capabilities and quote sufficient to determine capability to meet the entire requirement must be submitted to the identified point of contact not later than the response date specified in this notice. Entities must be registered at the www.sam.gov to include completion of Online Representations and Certifications. No telephone inquires will be accepted. This is a notice of intent, not a request for quotation and no contract will be awarded based on substantive statements/ quotes received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government Justification for other than full and open competition 1. USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center. 2. This action is to obtain one Minidox-M Chlorine Dioxide Gas Generator with 3 days on-site training and startup support. 3. The system can fully control a decontamination cycle within a given chamber for a wide range of research and production applications. The Minidox-M is designed with programmable logic control software that allows designated personnel to selectively modify decontamination parameters to create cycles that best meet the needs of a given application. The Minidox-M is equipped with a validated real-time concentration monitor to ensure the proper process parameters are reached during every decontamination cycle. Features: Humidity Generator CSI-STMGEN001, Humidity Control Box Part #CSI-ROOM005, Distribution Fan, CD Cartridge Set #10-001 and Room Under-Door Plate Part #CSI-ROOM001. 4. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: FAR 6.302-1, 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). The supplies required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of services will satisfy the Agency requirements. 5. The manufacturer of the required product is the only responsible Source and no other supplies will satisfy Agency Requirements. Reference FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or for DOD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies/ services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for. 6. A Federal Business Opportunities notice is published in an attempt to identify other possible vendors of the required equipment containing the necessary specifications required to produce the same results. The USDA ARS does not anticipate other qualified sources; however, should any responses be received, they will be evaluated to determine if they can meet future needs of the Government. 7. Anticipated costs are expected to be fair and reasonable to the Government based on established catalog or market prices of commercial items sold in substantial quantities to the general public and when compared to similar items from other manufacturers'. 8. Market research was conducted appropriate to the circumstances of this requirement with no other sources being identified as capable of satisfying the agency requirements. Supplies were deemed to be available only from one source. 9. Selected vendor is the manufacturer of the required system. Reference FAR 13.106(b)(1) - For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, 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. 10. No other sources have been identified. 11. An announcement of intent is being posted in order to determine if another source is more advantageous to the Government. 12. Data and representations included in this justification and which form a basis for this justification are complete and accurate. 13. Technical Information and Supporting Technical Data that is the responsibility of the technical and requirements official and which form the basis for this justification are certified as complete and accurate. I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. /s/ Regina Dennis, Contract Specialist. No solicitation is available. Companies with the demonstrated and financial capacity to provide and service such equipment and warranty must submit a written substantive statement outline the Company's and systems' capabilities, available service agreements and consumable (including price lists). This announcement and any other documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the internet site http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The Contractor is responsible for monitoring the FBO website for information relating to this requirement. Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of these documents. Contractors are required to acknowledge receipt of all Amendments (if any). If no affirmative responses are received within 5 calendar days of publication of this notice to determine whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the Government, an order will be placed with ClorDiSys under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). Questions regarding this notice may be emailed to the Contracting Officer at regina.dennis@ars.usda.gov Attention: Regina Dennis.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, ARS, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, 19038, United States
- Zip Code: 19038
- Zip Code: 19038
- Record
- SN03669059-W 20150318/150316235057-2511fbe24ff696944cd9baa4f8995294 (fbodaily.com)
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