Opportunity: Notice of Intent to Sole Source

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Part 6.302-1, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Solutions & Emergency Response, Groundwater Characterization & Remediation Division (GCRD), located in Ada, Oklahoma intends to award a fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis to TESCAN USA Inc. for purpose of obtaining a service maintenance agreement for the TESCAN VEGA-3 LMU Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), SN 116-0263. The services will be needed for a Base Period of 1 base year with two one-year optional periods. TESCAN USA Inc. and its employees are the sole source for factory new or factory remanufactured parts, local service representation and factory trained/certified engineers to provide service and installation for all instrumentation manufactured and sold by TESCAN Brno s.r.o. This announcement constitutes the only synopsis for this requirement; and is issued for notification purposes only. No known potential alternate sources exist which could satisfy GCRD¿s requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal. Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting the GCRD requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement being requested by 4:00PM CT on March 10, 2020. Responses must be submitted in writing to cochran.renae@epa.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be accepted. 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 purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 811219 and the business size standard is $22 M. All current and potential contractors shall use FedConnect which is available at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/default.htm. There is no charge to use FedConnect. FedConnect is hosted by Compusearch, all related questions from vendors/contractors will be answered by Compusearch. If having issues with FedConnect or not registered in FedConnect at this time an exception is extended and alternate responses may be received by e-mail: cochran.renae@epa.gov.