59--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER SOURCE UPS, 9170 9KVA/7, 5KW, 27 MIN RUN AND SERVICE INSTALLATION AT FORT IRWIN, CA 92310

This is not a request for proposals. This special notice is issued to communicate to industry our intent to award a sole source contract. Failure to obtain equipment will result in voiding the existing System Integration (SI) maintenance service/installation and its warranties. Failure to obtain and install equipment will result in inability to bring equipment up to operable status and cause the system to remain shut down. The authority cited for this sole source award is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g. urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization. The end date for this notice is 25 June 2015, 17:00 EST.