66--Seismic Equipment - Single Source Notice

Seismic Equipment - Single Source Notice The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to Kinemetrics, Inc., located in Pasadena, CA for force-balance type uniaxial accelerometers as described in Salient Characteristics provided in the attachment titled Salient Characteristics. 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. Kinemetrics, Inc is, to the USGS¿ knowledge, the only source who can provide the necessary equipment. The equipment must be existing, upgraded, or improved versions of models which can be purchased ¿off-the-shelf¿ and of a type or types that have been utilized in previous deployments for periods of not less than six (6) months. This requirement is essential in lowering the risk of integrating poor or inconsistent equipment into the seismic monitoring network. Using any other sensor will incur additional costs, including replacing connectors and an enormous amount of labor hours to integrate and convert the existing structures that are located at various sites. 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 quotation 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. NOTE: All information submitted in response to this notice is voluntary. The Government will not pay for information provided nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Materials submitted to the Government for review will not be returned. The NAICS code for this action is 334513 Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables. Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to Gerry Lewandowski at [email protected] and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than August 12, 2019 12:00pm Eastern. Responses submitted by hardcopy or the FedConnect web portal or the FedConnect Message Center shall not be accepted or considered.