The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has a requirement to rent a pre-stressing jack, pump, and controller and a power seating frame that is compatible with an existing cable stay tensioning frame owned by ERDC and located at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The ERDC intends to issue an award to Vstructural, LLC on a sole source basis. It has been determined that Vstructural LLC is the only company capable of providing the cable stay strand installation and stressing systems that are compatible with the VSL Anchorage DS and DR system that was purchased in September 2014 and installed on the testing frame. These systems must use a strand-by-strand installation method which simplifies installation and allows for maximum flexibility, utilize computer-controlled stressing process that electronically records the jacking force, liftoff force, and strand elongation, facilitate power seating of anchoring wedges using a hydraulic jack applying 10 tons of force to each wedge, and be compatible with a variety of strand configurations from 6 x 19 to 6 x 61. The ERDC also has a need for tension rings that attach to the VSL Anchorage DS and DR systems for the following strand configurations: 6 x 19, 6 x 22, 6 x 31, 6 x 37, 6 x 43, 6 x 55, 6 x 61. The award will be issued in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b). The NAICS code for this requirement is 532490 (Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing) with a size standard of $32.5 Million in average annual receipts. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendor's ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Responses to this requirement may be submitted to Jody Criss at
contact@example.gov. The solicitation number shall be included in the subject line of the e-mail submission. Responses must be received no later than 5 days from the posted date of this notice.
