--Sole Source Modification: Compressed Gas and Lease of Cylinders Service

A sole source modification to contract DABJ19-03-P-0347 to increase the estimated quantities and level is contemplated with Praxair Distribution Inc., 1884 South 300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. Praxair has provided a variety of gas products an d lease of cylinders service for the West Desert Test Center at Dugway Proving Ground, which focuses on Safety Air Monitoring. The Department of Defense has mandated, that all laboratories that work with carcinogens must have a Safety Air Monitoring syste m. This requires the increase of the estimated various gas on this contract to support this mandated requirement. The participation by any other source to increase the estimated quantities would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the Governme nt and the safety working conditions in the laboratories at Dugway Proving Ground. 10USC 1204 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one Responsible Source. The bases for the authority cited are as follows: Services may be deemed to be available on ly from the original source in the case of follow-on contracts for the continued provision of highly specialized services when it is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expecte d to be recovered through competition. The point of contact concerning this action is Mr. Jaramillo, Contract Specialist at (435) 381-2105, or email [email protected].