John Deere 4075R Tractor Attachments

Hillsborough County intends to recommend the award of a sole source procurement to EFE, Inc. d/b/a Everglades Equipment Group for the purchase and delivery of three John Deere 4075R tractor attachments consisting of one tandem disk harrow, one rotary cutter, and one rotary tiller for use by the Conservation and Environmental Lands Management Department to maintain County conservation sites for a one-time purchase at an estimated cost of $17,175.00. This procurement is being made in accordance with Section 3-205(2)(e) of the County’s Procurement Policy as EFE, Inc. d/b/a Everglades Equipment Group is the sole authorized John Deere dealer of John Deere agricultural and turf products, parts, sales, and service for Hillsborough County. The attachments are required for use with the County’s new John Deere 4075R tractors, and John Deere has confirmed that genuine John Deere products are sold through its authorized dealer network. The County reserves the right to extend the time period further, adjust the scope of services in response to changing conditions and updated requirements, and increase the resulting award accordingly. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals/bids. Contractors who are able and interested in providing all the identified proprietary goods must submit clear and convincing information to support a challenge to the intended award. Challenges to this procurement must be received no later than the specified Close Date of this Sole Source notice and must be submitted using the “submission” section in EUNA Procurement for this particular procurement. Absent any challenges, an award will likely be made after the Close Date. The County will review properly submitted challenges (responses) to determine whether bona fide competition exists. Any such responses received by the deadline will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement as a competitive solicitation.