Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement______________________________________________________Field Instrumentation Measurement Acquisition System The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management inWashington, D.C. intends to award one (1) sole source fixed-price purchase order under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Other Than Full and Open Competition procedures and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, for the acquisition of supplies. LifeLine supplies will work in conjunction with the Environmental Response Team?s (ERT) existing hardware (Honey Single Point Monitors, Met One E-Bams, Rae Systems MultiRae, Rae Systems UltraRae, and Ludlum 2241) for the purpose of connecting to field instrumentation so that all measurements recorded by those instruments can be transmitted in real-time to a central control point. The list of supplies below provides a detailed description of the supplies required. This hardware consists of devices that connect to specific field instruments to transmit their measurements. Safe Environmental is the only vendor that produces devices capable of working with the existing measurement acquisition system currently used by ERT. No solicitation or Request for Quote (RFQ) is available for this procurement. Nevertheless, any firm or individual that believes it is capable of meeting the EPA requirements described herein may submit a response; which, if received within ten (10) calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be considered. Responses to this posting must be submitted via e-mail. A determination not to compete the described purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Federal Government. Any questions or comments should be directed to Tia Gatling, Contract Specialist via e-mail at
[email protected]. Supplies: 1. Four (4) LifeLine Gateways2. Six (6) LifeLine MultiRae LINCs3. Three (3) LifeLine Ludlum LINCs4. Three (3) LifeLine EBAM LINCs5. Ten (10) LifeLine Tape meter LINCs6. One (1) LifeLine UltraRae LINCs7. Ten (10) LifeLine LINC PowerBacks8. One (1) LifeLine ExAntenna Kits