Intent to Sole Source Picarro Maint.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions & Grants (OAG) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Picarro, Inc. on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to repair two government owned Picarro G2201-i Analyzers. The proposed vendor, Picarro Inc., is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the only entity that can provide the required parts and maintenance due to proprietary data.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 ¿ Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Mindie Dixon, Contract Specialist via email to mdixon@usgs.gov by September 4th, 2024, at 2:00PM EST.