SOURCES SOUGHT
61 -- MARKET RESEARCH FOR EQUIPMENT
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Baltimore, 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21201
- Solicitation Number
- PANNAD18P0000020828
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2018
- Point of Contact
- LEILA S. MILLER, Phone: 443-654-7286
- E-Mail Address
-
leila.s.miller@usace.army.mil
(leila.s.miller@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of an equivalent manufacturer for an Electrical Load Centers by Eaton, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Systems by Eaton, and Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Systems by Liebert, for future upcoming projects. No awards will be made from this Sources Sought Notice. No solicitation will be available at this time. However, responses to this Sources Sought Notice will be used to determine an appropriate acquisition strategy for future acquisitions. The Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to solicit and award construction projects in support of a particular Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The construction projects may or will be solicited competitively under future separate solicitations. These projects may include Brand Name only components, as described below, unless the results of this sources sought notification indicates otherwise. This notification serves two purposes: (1) to notify potential offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name only component under future construction projects; and (2) to identify potential sources that can provide an equivalent systems to meet the Government requirement. NOTE: Only that part of the projects requiring the Electrical Load Centers by Eaton, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Systems by Eaton, and Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Systems by Liebert are brand name if no other manufacturer are able to provide an equivalent systems. In the event no equivalent equipment exists, the Brand Name Only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR Part 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source". A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted for consideration. In such instances, the brand name or equal component will be embedded in the construction project that will be issued competitively. Only that part of the project requiring brand name components will be sole sourced if no sources are able to provide an equal product that can seamlessly integrate with and does not affect or impact the proper functioning/operation or warranty of the original system. The construction projects themselves may or will be competitively solicited. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT: The construction projects will include Brand Name only equipment for Electrical Load Centers by Eaton, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Systems by Eaton, and Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Systems by Liebert are as follows: 1) Electrical Load Centers by Eaton: Portions of the project will involve replacing existing Eaton Electrical Load Centers which distribute large amounts of redundant power and provide switching capability to quickly reroute and restore power. Seamless integration and compatibility with the rest of the existing system is required. 2) Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Systems by Eaton: Portions of the project will involve replacing existing Eaton Electrical UPS which provide battery backup during short-duration power outages and are essential to prevent equipment processing interruptions. Seamless integration and compatibility with the rest of the existing system is required. 3) Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Systems by Liebert: Portions of the project will involve replacing existing Liebert CRAC units which support the UPS cooling. Seamless integration and compatibility with the rest of the existing system is required. Any vendor wishing to provide a system(s) that is compatible with the existing Electrical Load Centers by Eaton, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) Systems by Eaton, and Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Systems by Liebert, must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data NO LATER THAN 14 August 2018, 2:00 PM EASTERN, to Contracting Officer, Leila S. Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to Leila.S.Miller@usace.army.mil. This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. This project will be solicited at a future date.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA31/PANNAD18P0000020828/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado, United States
- Record
- SN05012514-W 20180801/180730230755-fdf9f8aab0bea218059e710f4b03bc36 (fbodaily.com)
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