FURNISH AND DELIVER ALMACO HEAVY DUTY CONE SEEDER GRAIN DRILL AND ACCESSORIES

The USDA, ARS, NEA, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, BARC-WEST, Beltsville, MD intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (i), "Soliciting from a single source" based upon only one responsible source. The USDA intends to solicit and negotiate Gary w. Clem Inc., DBA ALMACO for a firm, fixed-price contract to furnish and deliver an ALMACO Heavy Duty Cone Seeder Grain Drill and Accessories (as shown below.) Description of the Equipment: ALMACO HEAVY DUTY CONE SEEDER GRAIN DRILL AND ACCESSORIES includes the following items: 1) P/N 50750, FRAME, MAIN, HDGD, GREAT PLANS 07 (7 ROWS AT 7.5 INCH ROW SPACING), (1 EA); 2) P/N 52734, OPENER GREAT PLAINS, W/ SPCW SHORT, (7 EA); 3) P/N 52919, BCTS, GEN2, E/O, BASE, PROFILE, LOW, HDGD, (MODEL BCTS-EO/DF WITH #300020, 12 FT. CORD AND SEED CUP WITH 3-INCH INSIDE DIAMETER, (1 EA); 4) P/N 40598, DVDR, SPINNER, HEADLESS, INCLUDES 12-VOLT ELECTRIC MOTOR, DRIVE, CONTROL SWITCH AND WIRING TO TRACTOR, (1 EA); 5) P/N 50445, HEAD SPINNER, 7-ROW, (1 EA); 6) P/N 40599, EXPANDER, TUB, PVC, GD, (7 EA); 7) P/N 52920, PTCS, E/O, SINGLE DROP, PROOF-LOW, GDGD, (4 EA); 8) P/N 52063, EXPANDER TUBE, PVC, GD, ADDL, (4 EA); 9) P/N 52918, PLATFORM OPRTR, 53918 30-3/8" x 90", (1 EA); 10) P/N55630, SEAT, OPERATOR HDGD, ADDTL, (1 EA); 11) P/N 8310.49, SEAT, SUSPENSION, IN LIEU OF STD., HDGD, (2 EA); 12) P/N 55291, SPH, ADJ, QUICK, ALUM., 15-30, W/MNT, ASSY, (2 EA); 13) P/N 52939, MNT, ADAPTER, 2X.2, SPH, INSTL, (2 EA); 14) P/N 59050, CORD, POWER, ELEC 7 FT., CTS, NEW STYLE, (2 EA); 15) P/N 59051, CORD, POWER, ELEC 9.5 FT., CTS, NEW STYLE, (3 EA); 16) P/N 51265, J-BOX, CTS WATERTIGHT, 2/4 ROW, (1 EA); 17) P/N 8703.73, TIRES, LUGGED, IN LIEU OF STD, GD, (1 EA); 18) P/N 52922, INDEXER, TRAY, ELC, W/NEW JBOX, 4R, GD, (1 EA); 19) P/N 52775, WHEEL, FEED, 4 X 20, 8-BAR, INDEXER, (2 EA); 20) P/N 8297.67, MNT, INDEXER, GDGS, (1 EA); 21) P/N 52147, HPR, SD, LG BULK W/ FLT FEED CUPS, HDGD, (7 EA); 22) P/N 52148, SHIFTER, HPR, SD, LG BULK, (1 EA); 23) P/N 52150, MNT, TILT, HPR, SD, LG BULK, HDGD, (1 EA); 24) P/N 52924, FERT, DRY, GANDY, GD, 8R, (1 EA); 25) P/N ALMACO DEL ENCLS TRAILER - ALMACO ARRANGED ENCLOSED TRAILER, (1 EA); 26) P/N IFO USA, (1 EA); 27) INCLUDES TWO SETS OF BELTS FOR THE BT14 THRESHER- REQUIRED FOR THRESHING VETCH AND OTHER SMALL GRAINS EFFECTIVELY, (2 SETS). The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, tools, assembly, transportation, all software upgrades (at no- cost) to furnish and deliver the above equipment no later than 60 days after receipt of the Purchase Order. NOTE: FAR 13-106-1(b) (i) "Where a single source is identified to provide a portion of the purchase specifies a particular brand-name item, the document in paragraph (b) (2) (i) of this section only applies to the portion of the purchase requiring the brand-name item. The entire requirement is considered Brand Name equal to ALMACO. We specifically request Almaco's machine as we are part of a cover crop breeding effort in partnership with The Noble Foundation that has already purchased the same drill. This allows us to have identical protocols, remove equipment variations resulting in higher precision and accuracy of the research, and share expensive accessories to future costs. This machine is also 100% standard SAE parts and all parts are accessible by common small business manufacturers as opposed to other companies who use international parts. Although there are other producers of a similar machine, but they do not provide the configurations we require, in the same heavy-duty frame and at a lower price. In addition, future breeding efforts will require equipment modifications; as such we will want to standardize those accessories among the research collaborator sites to be purchased from the same manufacturer, ALMACO. The NAICS Code is 115112 with a size standard of $7.5 million. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposal. However, all inquiries received within ten (10) calendar days after date of publication of the Limited Sources Justification will be considered by the Government. Information may be emailed to the Contracting Officer at lisa.botella@ars.usda.gov. A determination by the Government not to complete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any resulting procurement would be conducting in accordance with FAR Part 13. An award notice for ALMACO, 99 M. AVENUE, NEVADA, IA 50201-2549 will be posted on the FBO soon. This procurement requires the use of BioBased Products to the extent that such products are reasonably available, meet agency or relevant industry performance standards, and are reasonably priced. Where available, these products should first be acquired from among qualified products that fall under the umbrella of items designated through the Federal BioBased Products Preferred Procurement Program (FB4P).