66--USEPA R8 FlowCam Particle Analysis System

USEPA R8 FlowCam Particle Analysis System This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract. Pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Contracting Officers may solicit from one source if it's determined only one source is reasonably available to satisfy agency requirements. The EPA Region 8 intends to award on a sole source basis a firm fixed price purchase order to Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc. The intent of this action is the purchase of patented specialized lab equipment from Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc. (a small business) under NAICS 334516 ¿ Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, on a fixed price and sole source basis. The FlowCam Particle Analysis System (¿FlowCam¿) is a unique, patented digital imaging particle analyzer with the technology to test both pre- and post-treatment samples using the FlowCam Cyano method. Yokogawa is the OEM manufacturer of the patented FlowCam, and they have immediately available parts/modules at their manufacturing facility located in the continental U.S. Please see attached Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition for additional detail. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE.