SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Sole Source Contract
- Notice Date
- 11/9/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6538-S-18-0011
- Archive Date
- 12/4/2017
- Point of Contact
- Donita J. Furman, Phone: 402-762-4145
- E-Mail Address
-
donita.furman@ars.usda.gov
(donita.furman@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The USDA ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center intends to award a sole source Firm Fixed Purchase Order (PO) to Digi Star, W5527 Hwy 106, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538. This order is to purchase an update to the software system on the feed tracking system in support of the ongoing research at USDA, ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, NE 68933. USDA, ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, NE 68933, will be purchasing the ScaleLink 2 Embedded Software for the Digi-Star feed tracking system that was purchased in 2017. Currently all presets on the indicator are only as small as one pound. This update is needed to allow it to be down to a tenth of a pound. This will include a ScaleLink2 able to provide a weight output to the tenth of a pound via the serial port, TST 7600 capable of reading the weight and recording it to the done feedline in tenth of a pound, this weight must then be transmitted wirelessly, and RF software must be able to read that expanded feedline information and process it to the TMR tracker. Pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The award date will be on or about November 20, 2017; and this Notice of Intent is not considered as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination, by the Government, to compete this proposed PO based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 3:00 p.m. CST, September 9, 2017. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to the Primary Point of Contact: donita.furman@ars.usda.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: State Spur 18D Bldg 1, Clay Center, Nebraska, 68933, United States
- Zip Code: 68933
- Zip Code: 68933
- Record
- SN04737323-W 20171111/171109231317-5ea34ffff8d623bb2055a0e4cf7adc88 (fbodaily.com)
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