--Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source

The United States Property and Fiscal Office intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to WRT Equipment LTD, 818-43rd Street East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7K 3V1 for the set-up, maintenance, and training of personnel on an exi sting WRT supplied asphalt mixing plant. The mixing plant will be moved from Waverly, TN to Milan, TN. This is not a request for proposals. Interested firms shall contact Mr. Barry Baxter at contact@example.gov not later than Friday, 22 June 2007 a t 3:30 PM (Central) to express their interest. The following Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition is provided: 1. This request for justification for other than full and open competition is for the set-up maintenance and training of personnel on the operation of an asphalt mixing plant that is being moved from Waverly, TN to Milan, TN. 2. Statutory Authority: FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. 3. WRT Equipment of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada is the original manufacturer of the equipment and is uniquely qualified to perform these services. 4. Efforts to solicit other vendors were market research to determine if any US companies provide this service on WRT equipment. These efforts produced no results. A notice of intent to award sole source will be published in accordance with FAR 5.2. 5. The anticipated cost of this acquisition is on file in the contracting office and may be obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The anticipated cost is determined fair and reasonable based on the submitted price list. 7. There are no other facts to support the use of other than full and open competition based on the facts presented above. 8. No other source expressed an interest in this acquisition. 9. No actions to remove barriers to competition will be taken, as WRT Equipment LTD is the only potential and eligible contractor based of the information provided herein and is currently eligible to receive a Government contract. 10. This justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.