Opportunity: Notice of intent to sole source to SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY

Notice of intent to sole source to SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY (SDSMT) for the purchase of cold spray deposition services for 9 plates. The Period of Performance (POP) will be 3 months from award date. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, the Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY (SDSMT) for the purchase of the cold spray deposition services for 9 plates. The Period of Performance (POP) will be 3 months from award date. SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY (SDSMT) is the only authorized vendor for this purchase. To the best of NETL’s knowledge, no other vendor can provide this type of service because SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY (SDSMT) is the exclusive developer, manufacturer, and sole distributor cold spray deposition services used at NETL and no known potential alternate sources exist which could satisfy NETL’s requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal. Any interested party that believes it can meet the NETL requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement being requested by 1600 PM ED on 09/12/2024. Responses must be submitted in writing to Shannon.Lynch@netl.doe.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be received. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.