43 -- Sole Source - Turnkey replacement of a 1500 HP Centrifugal Air Compressor Air End and Accessories

The Marine Corps Air Station, Supply Directorate, Cherry Point, NC intends to procure a turnkey replacement/installation, which includes removal, design, manufacture, testing, delivery and installation of a new Ingersoll-Rand 1500 HP Centrifugal Air Compressor Air End (M/N: 2CHII40M3, S/N: M80-1919, and accessories (replace condensate traps, install condensate trap monitoring system, replace two closed circuit evaporative cooling towers, install the appropriate equipment to measure and record accurately all compressed air flow leaving compressed air dryer). The Centrifugal Air Compressor Air End and the other accessories to be installed shall be current manufacturer parts; no remanufactured or refurbished parts will be accepted. The Government intends to solicit Ingersoll-Rand, Company, 7108 Cane Court, Charlotte, NC 29226 on a sole source basis for this acquisition. Ingersoll-Rand, Company, the original manufacturer of the 1500 HP Centrifugal Air Compressor, has proprietary rights to the technical data for the design of the air compressor; therefore, no other source can provide a turnkey replacement of the air end and accessories. See numbered note 22.