EDWARDS EST360 Fire Alarm Panels Notice of Intent Action

NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCLUDE BRAND NAME COMPONENTS IN A FUTURE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR PERFORMANCE AT CLEAR, AK Solicitation Number: W911KB19R0002 Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Alaska Provisions set forth by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) - 6.302-1(c)(1) authorizes the use of brand name only supplies in solicitations/contracts or as part of an acquisition when supplies may be deemed to be available only from one or a limited number of sources, and when it is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. As such, for the purposes described hereunder and in accordance with the FAR Subpart 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, coupled with the Authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), the USACE Alaska intends to issue a competitive fully designed military construction solicitation that will include but not limited to the following brand name only item: EDWARDS EST-360 FIRE ALARM PANEL. Specifically, the contractor awarded the competitive construction contract will be required to purchase the above noted brand name Critical System(s) in support of the planned construction acquisition. This brand name item is required for compatibility with the other existing buildings on the Air Force Station in order to ensure effective and seamless attention to critical life and fire systems. All buildings at the installation at Clear, AK have to have a fully integrated building automation system. The use of the original manufacturer of materials and components is required to prevent issues of system functionality and extensive additional costs. The use of any other manufacturer could cause a need to replace in essence complete parts and accessories thus creating complete new systems. Therefore, the future contract will need to use brand name descriptions peculiar to one manufacturer for a specific system with whom a turn-key solution can be provided meeting all government requirements. The government has already developed plans and specifications for the planned construction acquisition, and intends to utilize full and open competitive procedures for the future solicitation/contract of the construction project requiring the brand name only component(s). The future solicitation will be numbered as W911KB19R0002. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for the construction project is 236220 with a small business size in dollars of $36.5M. Parties may identify their interest in providing a equal to the brand name or brand name distribution and submit clearly articulated product information, vendor/distributor information. Product information lacking the particular features that do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, this agency's needs cannot be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice of intent to include brand name component within the construction acquisition is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to include a statement of brand name or equal for the planned future competitive construction procurement. Interested firms may submit their interest and information from the date of this notice until 2:00 PM Alaska Time on 14 September 2018 via email to Ms. Kim Tripp at Kimberly.tripp@usace.army.mil with a copy furnished to Mr. Aldone Graham at aldone.r.graham@usace.army.mil. Any electronically submitted files by Email CANNOT EXCEED this Agency's size limit of 10MB (includes email and its attachment); files exceeding this size will be denied access to our email inbox. It is the responsibility of your firm to determine the size of its electronic file. The posting of this Notice satisfies the provisions set forth at FAR Subpart 5.2 for notice of intent to include brand name specifications in planned construction acquisition and the DFARS 206.302-1 PGI. The Point of Contact for this Notice is Kim Tripp at 907-753-2549.