INDOOR TENNIS SCOREBOARD

NOTICE OF INTENT Indoor Electronic Tennis Scoreboards The 10th Contracting Squadron, Directorate of Contracting, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Colorado intends to award a Brand Name/Sole Source commercial contract to Daktronics, Inc. to purchase and install single indoor electronic tennis scoreboards. This notice documents and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-89, effective 15 August 2016. USAFA intends to replace Daktronics old scoreboards with 4 new Daktronics scoreboards. Replacing them with Daktronics scoreboards gives us the capability of interchangeable parts, and maintaining a minimal number of spare parts because of the total number of other Daktronics scoreboards (10) on hand from one manufacturer. When a controller or display driver/module goes down we can borrow from one of the other boards. Daktronics, Inc. is a large business located at 201 Daktronics Dr., Bookings, SD, 57006-4704. This procurement is for the acquisition of a brand name/sole source commercial item using simplified procedures in accordance with FAR Parts 12 & 13. There is only one responsible source and no other item will satisfy the current USAFA requirement. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 339950 and the size standard is 500 employees. REQUIREMENT: Line item 0001 Purchase and install 4 indoor tennis scoreboards: 1 above each indoor tennis court in Cadet Gym 3'6" x 9'0" x 0'6" Approx. Cabinet Size Caption Displaying: "Air Force" and "Visitor" Electronic Digits displaying: 3 set scoring of each individual match with game score Score updated with hand-controller by remote This synopsis is for notification purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals. DO NOT submit a bid/quote at this time. Any offerors believing they can provide the requirement described above may provide evidence for consideration. Evidence must support the offeror's claim they can provide this brand name. All qualified sources may submit a response, which if received timely, will be considered by this agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement can be conducted. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses must be received NLT 1:00 p.m. MDT on 30 September 2016. Responses received after this will be considered late IAW FAR 52.212-1(f) and will not be evaluated. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this announcement. Contractors must have a current registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://sam.gov/. Point of Contact is Kimberla Fairley, Contract Specialist (719) 333-8095 Email: kimberla.fairley@us.af.mil or Russ Jordan, Contracting Officer (719) 333-3961 Email: russell.jordan@us.af.mil. 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (APR 2010) (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the USAF Academy Ombudsmen, James Anderson 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 103 USAFA, CO 80840 Telephone number 719-333-2704 FAX 719-333-9103 Email: james.anderson@us.af.mil Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU or ARISRA level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)