Vaisala LT31 Transmissometer

The U.S Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), Cambridge, MA, has a requirement to obtain the Vaisala LT31 transmissometer and associated communications and mounting equipment. The Vaisala LT31 equipment is the only known commercially available system that will satisfy the government's requirement. Therefore, the Government intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Vaisala Inc. The period of performance shall be two months from date of award. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 334519; the Small Business size standard is 500 Employees. Notice: Interested firms must submit by email (only) a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms' capability to provide the required commercially available equipment. Written capability statements must be submitted within seven (7) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after seven (7) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion o the Government. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted.