84 -- Personal Protective Equipment

The Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), intends to award a sole-source Purchase Order to Geomet Technologies, Inc. of Germantown, Maryland to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) to conduct technical laboratory operations and response activities for CBP Laboratories & Scientific Services. This will include six Level A and six Level C protective suits, along with a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus with a carbon dioxide scrubbing system for full encapsulation. The program office also requires twelve personal ice cooling systems that provides circulating cooled water inside the suits for up to 8 hours a day. Geomet Technologies is the sole provider of CoreCool, a unique heat stress protection system that involves the circulation of cooled water through a PVS tubed shirt. This type of cooling circulation device is necessary for the nature of work the CBP laboratory analysts will be performing with the PPE. This notice is not a request for quotes nor a solicitation of offers. However, any firm who believes it is capable of meeting these requirements stated herein may submit a response, which if received within 10 calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be considered. Interested firms shall provide detailed information outlining their capabilities - any response failing to provide the aforementioned data will be disregarded. Responses to this posting must be in writing. A determination not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Su Chang at +1 (555) 000-0000, or e-mail at (contact@example.gov).