SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Flow Monitoring Instruments
- Notice Date
- 7/27/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Western Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 1232SD18R0042
- Archive Date
- 8/22/2018
- Point of Contact
- Huron W. Virden, Phone: 6626865388
- E-Mail Address
-
huron.virden@ars.usda.gov
(huron.virden@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent: The USDA, ARS, SEA intends to award a sole source procurement to Teledyne-Isco Representative, CC Lynch and Associates, Inc., Pass Christian, MS 39571, as they are the sole source for this type of Teledyne Isco flow monitoring and collection pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(l ) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy agency Requirements. The award will be for a Teledyne-Isco system. Teledyne-Isco is the only known source for this type of flow monitoring and collection and will be used to support and enhance a research project that has been conducted in various forms since 2007. Specifically, the research will investigate ways to increase crop irrigation efficiency via the use of tillage methods, cover crops, and other new technology while also investigating the environmental implications of each practice. The instruments described above will continue to collect data in the same manner as and will be compatible with all data collected since the beginning of the project. Remote servers installed at several laboratory locations are programed to accept data from Teledyne instruments. The infrastructure of the physical research plots was originally designed with Teledyne-Isco equipment in mind as this brand of instrument was already in use in several related and complementary projects at nearby sites. Protective housing has been purchased and installed at the research site that will accommodate the design of the Teledyne equipment listed above. Teledyne-Isco is the sole source of this type of flow monitoring and collection system that can satisfy all of the above criteria and that satisfy the requirements of our research. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price Purchase Order on or about Aug. 08, 2018, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This Notice of Intent is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 2:00 pm, cst, Aug. 07, 2018. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries should be sent to huron.virden@ars.usda.gov.; or mailed to the Contracting Officer at the following address: Contracting Office Address: USDA-ARS-SEA P.O. BOX 225 Stoneville, MS. 38776-0225
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA-ARS-SEA, 141 Experiment Station Road, Stoneville, Mississippi, 38776, United States
- Zip Code: 38776
- Zip Code: 38776
- Record
- SN05011219-W 20180729/180727231219-6dc019decf76dd3d0ba43d86153a1519 (fbodaily.com)
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