Great Smoky Mountains National Park Intent to Sole Source This requirement is conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and FAR 6.302-1. This is a notice of intent to award a sole/single source procurement action and is NOT a request for competitive proposals. Firms who want to challenge the sole source must submit an interest letter that demonstrates your firm's ability to provide an equivalent supply as described below. Interested parties must provide rationale as to why they should be considered. All interested firms must respond to this synopsis by April 25, 2022 ;5:00 pm Eastern Local Time to Geraldine Larsen,
[email protected]. National Park Service intends to negotiate a firm fixed-price purchase order with Contractor: RJ Thomas Manufacturing Company: 5648 Highway 59 Cherokee, Iowa 51012-7223. The NAICS code(s) is/are: 337127 Institutional Furniture Manufacturing Manufacturing Size standards in number of employees 500. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES and no solicitation will be issued; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Officer, Geraldine Larsen at
[email protected] within 10 days from the date of the publication of this synopsis. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement listed. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to move forward with the Governments intent to Sole Source. No Phone Call Accepted: Email Only
[email protected] Minimum Acceptable Specifications 1.Intent to Sole Source: Pilot Rock WXT/G-6PC-PW (brown) Tables AND Fire rings 7 3/ inch x 26 (FA-26/7/TB) AND FWS-30 ADA accessible fire rings (FSW-30/18/PA). 2. End frames are one-piece welded construction fabricated from 2.375 inch (2-3/ inch) O.D. X 10 ga. Wall steel pipe to meet nominal pipe size 2 inch x 2 inch x 1/8' die formed steel angle for attaching seats and top. Bends are tightly formed to prevent tipping when weight is on one side. 3. Frame design Shall provide the ADA recommended wheelchair clearances under the tabletop of: 3 inch wide, 2 inch high, and 2 inch total knee and toe clearance (1 inch knee and 5 inch toe) at each end of table while maintaining the full seating capacity of the table for common use. 4. Table Frame design shall incorporate non-tip, non-trip, walk-through design features. 5. Picnic table has a 6 foot length 6. Nominal table height is 3 inch. Frame design must provided a nominal 2 inch of clearance from ground level to underside of table and a nominal seat height is 18 inch. 7. Frames must be supported by diagonal braces of 1-5/16 inch O>D> x 14 gage. Wall steel pipe that connect to a die formed steel channel designed to align and provide attachment to the tabletop. 8. All steel frame components are hot-dipped galvanized after fabrication to ASTM-A123 to maintain an average coating of 2.0 oz. per sq. ft. of surface area 9. Top and seats are made of 100% recycled plastic molded into inch x 1 inch nominal sized planks with solid color of brown throughout and U.V. stabilizer added for ultra-violet protection. 10. Recycled tabletop and seat planks are supported by pre-galvanized steel subframe channels. 11. Limited Lifetime Warranty on frames