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N -- PROVIDE AND INSTALL ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM SOL RFQ EASC 2000-115 DUE 053100 POC Linda Jacobs, Contract Specialist (757) 441-6563/William D. Privott, Contracting Officer (757) 441-6561 WEB: click here to access our homepage, http://www.easc.noaa.gov. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, Linda.L.Jacobs@noaa.gov. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis with Adesta Communications, Huntsville, Alabama to provide and install an access control system at the NOAA, NESDIS Wallops CDA Station, Wallops Island, Virginia. Minimum standards of the new system include the ability to handle a minimum of 128 proximity readers. Each local processor shall provide the ability to support a minimum of 8 card readers with keypads. Each local processor shall also provide a minimum of 8 alarm inputs and 8 outputs. The system must have an internal Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) to maintain power to the access control system for a minimum of one hour. New system must be compatible and interface with systems currently in operation across the eastern region that were provided and installed by Adesta. Period of performance is 60 days after date of order. Authority: 41 USC 253(c)(1). Adesta is the only know source capable of providing the required system. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within thirty days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Evidence must be provided of ability to provide the required system. Copies of the solicitation will only be provided in response to written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor. Telephone requests will not be honored. Request for copies of the solicitation may be faxed to (757) 441-3786. Notes 22 and 26 apply. Posted 04/28/00 (W-SN449578). (0119)

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