65--VARIAN DETECTOR

The Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Sacramento Acquisition Branch, plans to contract by means other than full and open competition. The USGS intends to make a non-competitive firm fixed price purchase order to Geotek Limited, located in DAVENTRY, Northamptonshire Great Britain for a Varian Flat Panel Detector and install that is proprietary to the GeoTek Rotating X-ray CT (RXCT) System. Required Equipment: 1. The X-ray detector panel must be compatible with Geotek RXCT S/N213 and associated software. 2. Must meet UL61010-1 electrical standard requirements for use in laboratory testing and measurement equipment. 3. Must have an Amorphous Silicon receptor. 4. Must have an energy range of 40-255kVP. 5. Must provide a radiation hardness >1MRad. 6. Must provide a frame range of 12.5 fps (1x1) ¿ 30fps (2x2). 7. Must have environmental temperature range for operations 10°C -35°C. Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-(b) (1) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Geotek Limited, to the USGS the only known source that can provide the necessary product that is compatible with existing Geotek¿s equipment. The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a capability statement or proposal by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government. The NAICS code for this action is 334513 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, 750 employees.