Sensus MXU

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND NOT A COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR QUOTE. The National Park Service, Contracting Operations Central, Arizona Major Acquisition Buying Office, intends to issue a Sole Source award Sunsus MXU supply contract for the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

Grand Canyon National Park located in Coconino County; Arizona operates a potable water system throughout the developed areas of the Park that utilize a SENSUS based radio read water read system to measure the amount of potable water delivered to the end user. The National Park Service has been installing remote radio read, potable water meters throughout the Park since 1995 and has installed approximately 800 water meters in that time.

Moving forward with the new water meter reading system, the MXU models ending in R will not compatible. Replacing the MXUs will keep us on track for eventually moving to a DOI-approved tablet and ios setup. The contractor will be responsible supplying new MXU’s to replace what is currently in place. New MXU’s will need to be delivered to Grand Canyon National Park. National Park utility staff will be responsible for removal and disposal of current MXUs and installation of new MXUs.

All MXUs supplied by the contractor must be compatible with the Park’s current SENSUS water meter-remote radio read meter system telemetry software. This will be a commercial acquisition using simplified acquisition procedures and will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 335999 with a Small Business Size Standard of 600 employees. This is a Sole Source Notice and not a request for quotations. No solicitation document is available with this notice.

Any firm that believes it has the capabilities to provide Sensus MXUs may contact the Contracting Officer, Jessica Owens at jessica_owens@nps.gov for more information regarding the requirement or specifications. A determination not to compete this proposed order based on responses to this notice will be made at the discretion of the Government. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered for support of the Government's determination to support of a non-competitive strategy.