Sole Source for Four Yokohama Styled Fenders, Foam Filled, 6 ft in diameter by 10 ft in length for Groton Submarine Base

The FISC Norfolk Contracting Office in Groton, Connecticut is set to award a sole source purchase order for four foam-filled Yokohama styled fenders, each measuring 6 feet in diameter and 10 feet in length. These fenders are required to have specific performance characteristics, including energy absorption at 60% compression of no less than 250 ft-kip (ton) and a reaction force at 60% compression of no less than 155 Kip (ton). The dimensions include an overall length from eye to eye of 10 feet, a flat length of at least 5 feet 6 inches, and a skin thickness of no less than one inch. This procurement falls under the NAICS code 332312 with a size standard of 500 employees and will be conducted via Simplified Acquisition Procedures using Other Than Full and Open Competition authority as outlined in FAR 6.302-1. The anticipated award date is September 11, 2006. The notice explicitly states that it is not a request for offers and that the government reserves the sole discretion to decide whether or not to compete this acquisition based on responses to the notice.