61--Intent of sole Source Notice

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) intends to acquire on a sole source basis the purchase and service of an Operating Cabinet for a Crossover Phase Shifting Transformer KV8A, located at Western's Crossover Substation. The resulting procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. Reinhausen Manufacturing is the only known source that has access to the proprietary data and the expertise to do this type of work. This notice is not a request for proposals/quotes and a solicitation will not be posted. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability by submitting a capability statement to the Contract Specialist at [email protected] by 4 p.m. Mountain Time January 30, 2015. Capability statements must include sufficient technical material/information for evaluation of the ability to satisfy the Government?s requirement without substantial duplication of cost or unacceptable delay. Any information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.