61--Aluminum Power Plate Control Panels

Aluminum Power Plate Control Panels This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a purchase order to SunWize, Albany, Oregon, for custom aluminum control panels as described in the attached Salient Characteristics. Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. SunWize is, to the USGS¿ knowledge, the only source who can provide the proprietary, custom control panels. 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. The NAICS code for this action is 335311, Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing. Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to [email protected] and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than 25 January 2021/1500ET. Responses submitted by hardcopy shall not be accepted or considered. Salient Characteristics: USGS VDAP requests purchase of aluminum plates assembled with solar power system management components. The plate must accommodate two redundant solar inputs and two charge storage battery banks. The plate must diode isolate the load output of two solar charge controllers for a single connection to monitoring equipment. Requirements: Aluminum plate of size not exceeding 28" L x 7"W, 1/8" thickness with the following mounted on DIN rail: Quantity 2 Morningstar SunSaver MPPT charge controller Quantity 2 Morningstar EMC-1 ethernet meterbus converter Quantity 5 20A circuit breaker Quantity 14 2 connection terminal blocks Quantity 1 7 position ground bar