38--NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Part 6.302-1, the US Environmental Protection Agency, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Groundwater Watershed and Ecosystems Restoration Division in Ada, OK has a requirement to purchase a Hydraulic Profiling Tool System (HPT), FI6000 DI Field Instrument 6000 Series Data Acquisition System and other accessories manufactured exclusively by Geoprobe. Geoprobe is the sole provider of Geoprobe equipment and no third party distributors are authorized. The requested items must be compatible with existing government owned Geoprobe equipment. This announcement constitutes the only synopsis for this requirement; and is issued for notification purposes only. No known potential alternate sources exist which could satisfy GWERD's requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal. Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting GWERD's requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill this requirement being requested by 7:00 AM CT on October 4, 2019. Responses must be submitted in writing to contact@example.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be accepted. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct competitive procurement. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 332312 and the business size standard is 500. All current and potential contractors shall use FedConnect which is available at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/default.htm. There is no charge to use FedConnect. FedConnect is hosted by Compusearch, all related questions from vendors/contractors will be answered by Compusearch. If having issues with FedConnect or not registered in FedConnect at this time an exception is extended and alternate responses may be received by e-mail: contact@example.gov.