--Notice of Intent to Award a Non-Competitive Purchase Order

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A NON-COMPETITIVE PURCHASE ORDER In accordance with FAR 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge Office, intends to award a non-competitive Purchase Order to the Oak Ridge Utility District (ORUD) for injection of odorant, as well as monitoring, reporting, and equipment maintenance tasks, at two delivery stations for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Y-12 Plant. Market research indicates other area providers and utilities who perform odorization services and equipment maintenance do so only for their individual municipalities. ORUD is the natural gas provider for the Oak Ridge area and as a result is the only entity capable of providing the odorization services and required maintenance for the DOE facilities located in Oak Ridge. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on February 28, 2019. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to contact@example.gov no later than the aforementioned time and date. A determination not to compete this requirement, based on the responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov/SAM/ in accordance with FAR Part 4.11.