SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- N-Viro Motive Gen Set EPA Tier III Locomotive Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 10/18/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 488210
— Support Activities for Rail Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary (OST) Administration Secretariate, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142-1093, United States
- ZIP Code
- 02142-1093
- Solicitation Number
- DTRT5717Q80017
- Archive Date
- 11/11/2016
- Point of Contact
- Linda J. Byrne, Phone: 6174946126
- E-Mail Address
-
linda.byrne@dot.gov
(linda.byrne@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the National Railway Equipment Corporation (NREc) of Mount Vernon, Illinois, in accordance with statute 41U.S.C.253 ( c ) (1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy Agency requirements. The Government intends to enter into a firm fixed price contract for the maintenance services in support of Government owned proprietary N-Viro-Motive Gen Set locomotives. The contractor will provide maintenance, repair and systems upgrades for the proprietary Locomotives located at 10 different locations around the country. The 25 locomotives to be maintained and repaired were manufactured by NREc. NREc is the only company that can provide maintenance due to the proprietary manufacturing process; firmware and software that is part of the locomotives. Only NREc can fully support the U.S. Army's fleet of N-Vitro-Motive locomotives with the necessary parts as it is the only manufacturer of such parts and components and is the only provider of technical expertise for numerous N-Vitro Motive Locomotives. NREc's locomotive technicians have the necessary internal training in the advanced software and firmware programming as well as the required knowledge of the standard operating characteristics unique to the N-Vitro Motive model locomotives. The North American Industry Classification Code for this acquisition is 488210. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Interested firms have 15 calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis to submit in writing to the Point of Contact clear and convincing documentation of their company's capability to provide the required services. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after 15 calendar days or without the required documentation will not be considered. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to this synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephone calls in place of the required documentation will not be accepted.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Nationwide- Multiple locations, United States
- Record
- SN04306704-W 20161020/161018234110-5b7441c78791d5abecaf7ca1b0bcdaba (fbodaily.com)
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