Notice of Intent for Sole Source Procurement of Preventative Maintenance and On-Call Maintenance and Repair Services on Life Fitness Machines

This is a notice of intent for sole source procurement under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR 6.302-1 Other Than Full and Open Competition – one responsible source. A solicitation will not be issued. The applicable NAICS Code is 811219. The USMC Regional Contracting Office – National Capital Region (RCO-NCR) at Quantico, VA intends to award a sole source contract to Life Fitness of 5100 N. River Road, Schiller Park, IL 60176 to provide one-year preventative maintenance and on-call maintenance and repair services of Life Fitness machines at various gym facilities located on Quantico Marine Corps Base, VA. Life Fitness equipment is proprietary and only uses Life Fitness replacement parts to function properly on a long-term basis to support 1,800 Marines in a daily high-use rate environment. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however a firm that believes it can meet the requirement shall provide a capability statement to the Contracting Officer. Capability statements, if received timely, will be considered; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses shall be emailed to Mr. John Martin, Contracting Officer, at [email protected]. Closing date for responses is no later than 2:00 pm Eastern Time, 6 January 2011. Late responses will not be considered.