Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Kovacs Ice Drilling Equipment Tender, USA - 87092258

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Kovacs Ice Drilling Equipment

Deadline : 18 Aug 2023

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 87092258

Document Ref. No. : W81EWF23N5587

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

Description

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research Laboratory (CRREL) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Kovacs Enterprise LLC upon the basis of the authority provided at FAR 13.106-1(b).

The Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Terrestrial and Cryospheric Sciences Branch (TCSB), in Fort Wainwright, Alaska requires the acquisition of Kovacs research-grade ice drilling and coring system equipment. Specifically the Kovacs Mark V 14cm Coring Sytem and Mark VI 9cm diameter Coring System.

Kovacs Enterprise LLC has been identified as the only source capable of fulfilling the Government-s requirement. The requested research-grade ice drilling and coring system equipment must be fully interoperable with CRREL-s existing Kovacs brand ice coring and drilling equipment. All other options fail interoperability, and also fail other very critical technical aspects of the Government-s requirement. Kovacs is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), which was originally designed at CRREL, and the sole distributor of this specialized equipment.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, interested parties may identify their interest 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 in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.

Responses to this notice shall be submitted NLT 12:00 PM CDT, 18 August 2023 to Lisa.A.Bernard@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 offerors list, or to rec...
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Notice ID : W81EWF23N5587
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : DEPT OF DEFENSE
Sub-tier : DEPT OF THE ARMY
Major Command : USACE
Sub Command : OTHER DIVISION
Office : W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Original)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-05:00) CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, CHICAGO, USA
Original Published Date: Aug 10, 2023 12:55 pm CDT
Original Response Date: Aug 18, 2023 12:00 pm CDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Sep 02, 2023
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: 3820 - MINING, ROCK DRILLING, EARTH BORING, AND RELATED EQUIPMENT
NAICS Code: 333131 - Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Fort Wainwright, AK 99703 USA

Documents

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