This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 “Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District intends to award a single-source, firm-fixed-price Service contract to THE AUTOMATION GROUP INC, 4678 Isabelle ST Eugene, Oregon 97402 This is a contract is for the purchase of services for the performance of sewage sampling and testing at Schwarz Park sanitary drain field (Dorena Lake) and Cottage Grove Lake sewage treatment and effluent irrigation facilities. Frequency varies by test to include on-call emergency assistance, 24 hours/day. THE AUTOMATION GROUP INC is the only known entity that can comply with Oregon Administrative Rule 340.49.0015 item 6, a supervisor shall be on-site within 45 minutes of notification per schedule D, paragraph 6.c. of the required DEQ permit “Water Pollution Control Facilities permit number 1 02152”. The statutory authority for this non-competitive acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) – Soliciting from a Single Source for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The NAICS code is 221320. The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is $22,000,000.00. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government by submitting a capability statement that they have ability to provide like equipment, as established herein, that interfaces and is compatible with existing infrastructure and parts are interchangeable with current replacement stock parts. If no affirmative written responses are received by 2:00 PM Pacific Time on 13 Sep 2021 , an award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Electronic responses and questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting point of contact listed below. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. Contracting Office Point of Contact: Robert Miller,
[email protected] Theodore Blume,
[email protected]