66--Sole Source Announcment

325211 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation?s (OAR) National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL) located in Montgomery, Alabama intends to award a sole source firm-fixed-price Purchase Order for $33,202.00 under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Eichrom Technologies, LLC. located in Lisle, IL. EPA requires a number o f TEVA, TRU and Sr cartridges and Manganese dioxide resin for various chemical analyses. Eichrom Technologies is the sole manufacturer of TEVA cartridges, TRU cartridges, Sr cartridges and Manganese dioxide resin. No other known sources of these products exist. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA?s requirements as stated herein may submit a capability statement, which if received by 12:00pm EST on July 20, 2012 will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing and provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to compete the proposed Purchase Order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Cara Lynch at [email protected].