SPECIAL NOTICE
37 -- Furnish and Deliver a Tanker-Mounted Manure Injector Unit
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333111
— Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area, Pasture Systems & Watershed Mgmt Research Unit, Curtin Road, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802-3702, United States
- ZIP Code
- 16802-3702
- Solicitation Number
- AG2415S120012
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2012
- Point of Contact
- KAREN GARDNER, Phone: 814-863-0928
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.gardner@ars.usda.gov
(karen.gardner@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit (PSWMRU), intends to negotiate solely with Atlantic Tractor LLC, 31415 John Deere Drive, Salisbury, MD 21804-1413 under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, to furnish and deliver a Tanker-Mounted Liquid Manure Injector Unit. The new system shall include 1) Euroject 3500 tanker-mounted shallow injector; and a 2) Profiline single-axle Slurrytank. The new Tanker-Mounted Liquid Manure Injector Unit is required to be used in nutrient management and cropping system trials evaluating the sustainability of incorporating liquid manure into non-tillable agricultural lands in the mid-Atlantic region dairy and livestock farms at the USDA, ARS, NAA, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit (PSWMRU) Bldg 3702 Curtin Road, University Park, PA 16802. Required Delivery is 180 Days ARO. Shipping is FOB Destination. Warranty is one-year on parts. No other Tanker-Mounted Liquid Manure Injector Units have been located that are capable of shallow, less than 6 inch, low disturbance injection in perennial forage systems with narrow, less than 7 inch, spacing of injection bands. Only one responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy Agency Requirements, FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)). Atlantic Tractor LLC is distributing this equipment that is manufactured by Veenhuis Machines BV, Almelosestraat 54, Postbus35, 8100 AA RAALTE, the Netherlands. When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or for DOD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for." The NAICS Code is 333111 with a size standard of 500 employees. This procurement is unrestricted. This is not a request for proposal. No solicitation is available. Companies with the demonstrated and financial capacity to provide and service such equipment and warranty must submit a written substantive statement outline the Company's and systems' capabilities, available service agreements and consumable (including price lists). This announcement and any other documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the internet site http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The Contractor is responsible for monitoring the FBO website for information relating to this requirement. Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of these documents. Contractors are required to acknowledge receipt of all Amendments (if any). If no affirmative responses are received within 10 calendar days of publication of this notice to determine whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the Government, an order will be placed with Atlantic Tractor LLC under the authority of FAR 6.302. This requirement is Pending Availability of Funding. Questions regarding this notice may be emailed to the Contracting Officer at karen.gardner@ars.usda.gov or faxed to: (814) 863-0935 Attention: Karen Gardner.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA ARS PSWMRU, 1881 W. Pine Grove Road, Gate F, Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania, 16802-3702, United States
- Zip Code: 16802-3702
- Zip Code: 16802-3702
- Record
- SN02844783-W 20120819/120817235915-a024fa15cb54103cc3d7dd767cb6620d (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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