Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Subject:

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters Acquisition Division 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20460 In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b), and along with FAR Part 12 and 13 procedures, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Headquarters Acquisition Division (HQAD) intends to award a Sole Source Firm Fixed-Price Purchase Order to procure flux chambers, multiplexer, and accessories from eosense environmental gas monitoring (UEI: V416QLRED6G1) located in Simi Valley, California.

The EPA is seeking to purchase Soil flux chambers, multiplexers, and accessories for use in the measurement of soil flux of chlorinated solvent or VOC sites. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541715- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), with a size standard of 1,000 employees. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive quotations.

Interested concerns capable of providing the item as described in this notice may submit a Capability Statement outlining their capabilities. Information received will be evaluated to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability Statements must be received within the time outlined in this announcement to be considered by the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.

A determination to compete for this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is at the sole discretion of the Government. Each response should include the following Business Information:

a. DUNS/UEI.

b. Company Name. address, POC, Phone and Email address c. Current GSA Schedules or NAICS codes appropriate to this Award. d. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned. etc.) as validated in System for Award Management (SAM). All offerors must register on the SAM located at http://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/# l e. Capability Statement Responses to this posting must be in writing and provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.

A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Nona Semien, Contract Specialist at Semien.nona@epa.gov. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.