SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Meter Boxes
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2020 10:53:10 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Contracting Office
- W2R2 CONST ENGRG LAB CHAMPAIGN IL 61822-1072 USA
- ZIP Code
- 61822-1072
- Solicitation Number
- W9132T20QMETR
- Response Due
- 6/26/2020 9:59:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 07/11/2020
- Point of Contact
- Deyonna R Poke, Phone: 2173733334
- E-Mail Address
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Deyonna.R.Poke@usace.army.mil
(Deyonna.R.Poke@usace.army.mil)
- Description
- The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center � Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) in Champaign, IL has a requirement to purchase three (3) Deployable Metering and Monitoring System (DMMS) meter boxes that are compatible with current AFRICOM power structure, and provide the capability to define, monitor and analyze the efficiency problems associated with operational energy. � ERDC-CERL intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Humber Garick Consulting Engineers in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Market research indicates that Humber Garick Consulting Engineers is the only source for this requirement because they are the only supplier that has the technical background in both communications and electrical engineering with the know how to fulfill the requirements for this project. The meter boxes will needed to be manufactured using lessons learned by pervious work with DMMS and Tactical Micro-grid project, under a purchase order issued by this agency in FY18, which only this vendor and no other vendor offers. The following are a unique combination of specifications that are required for the Modified DMMS radio metering units. Given the nature for our data collection (very small, low thermal signature species), the Modified radio metering box units to insure quality data capture. The specifications listed are only available through one specific vendor. 1. Background working with 3eTI radios and knowledge of deployable electrical systems. 2. Knowledge of Army power distribution equipment and rugged standards. 3. Electrical engineering expertise to arrange electronics in smaller configuration to ensure data quality. Humber Garick Consulting Engineers was found to be the only company capable of providing the boxes at that time based on their general experience with the DMMS meter boxes and their participation in the industry collaboration with the Tactical Micro-Grid Standards Consortium (TMSC).� This unique combination of experience made them the only company capable of producing the HPS connection boxes utilizing lessons learned from DMMS and applying the standards defined by TMSC. This is not a small business set aside.� This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will be in any way alter the Government�s acquisition strategy. Please provide responses to this notice no later than the Response time listed above in this notice, to: CERL-CT_QUOTES@usace.army.mil Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offers list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation.� A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05687855-F 20200613/200611230202 (samdaily.us)
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