Portable Observation Towers

The 410th Contracting Support Brigade, Regional Contracting Center Americas, 4130 Stanley Road, Suite 320, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX intends to solicit and award a sole source contract to FLIR Detection, Inc., 1024 S. Innovation Way, Stillwater, OK 74074. The statutory authority which permits other than full and open competition for this acquisition is 10 United States Code (USC) 2304 (c) (1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies of Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The Government is currently in need of two (2) portable observation towers, to include all accompanying ancillary features, for detention operations. Portable observation towers are necessary to observe detainees and detention operations that can be observed from above at various vantage points. It is required for detainee operations, recreation, legal protocols, and mitigates internal threats. The proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 332311 - Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing, with a small business standard size of 750 employees. This is NOT a request for competitive proposals, bids, or quotes and a Request for Proposal will not be issued. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. All responses received by 12:00pm CST on 13 July 2017 will be considered by the Government. Interested firms are invited to submit a response in the form of a Statement of Capability (SOC) which, if received by the response date of this notice, shall be considered by the agency. Submission of any of the documents shall be at the contractor's expense. It is the policy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. The resulting evaluation of all organizations providing a capabilities package will be considered in determining the acquisition strategy, specifically in determining for which (if any) small-business concerns this acquisition will be set-aside in accordance with FAR 19.5. Firms responding to this announcement should include company name, cage code, point of contact, address, phone number, business size in relation to NAICS 332311, and indicate whether they are small business, 8(a) concern, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business. Note: If any portion of this requirement results in a small business set aside, that portion shall be performed in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, which requires a small business firm to perform at least 50% of the total requirement using employees within its own company. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Responses/questions shall be submitted electronically to Anquanette Figueroa at Anquanette.l.Figueroa.civ@mail.mil.