Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), Building 3623 Dormitory Renovation, District of Columbia, Washington D.C.

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL.

PROJECT: PANNAD-24-P-0000 001176- Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), Building 3623 Dormitory Renovation, District of Columbia, Washington D.C. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of the items below.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to include the following proprietary items in a request for proposal for a construction contract acquisition under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This project may include a Brand Name only component, as described below, unless the results of this sources sought notification indicates otherwise. This notification serves three purposes:

(1) to notify potential Offerors of the Government intent to solicit a brand name only component under a future construction project;

(2) to identify potential sources that can provide the brand name only item and/or equivalent;

(3) notification of the Army’s intent to contract sole source for a Brand Name Only, if the market is unable to provide equivalent products. In the event no equivalent equipment exists, the Brand Name Only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted for consideration.

In such instances, the brand name or equal component will be embedded in the construction project. Only that part of the project requiring brand name components will be sole sourced if no sources are able to prove an equal product.

SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT: The construction project will include Brand Name only equipment as follows:

The AES Model 7788 Fire Alarm Radio Transmitter (Part) is to be sole supplied by AES Corporation. The AES Model 7788 Fire Alarm Radio Transmitter provides a wireless communication link between the alarm panel and the central station receiver in the facility. The Notifier Fire Alarm System (Part) is to be sole supplied by Notifier.

The Notifier Fire Alarm System The fire alarm system detects fire conditions and sends detected signal conditions to the AES Transmitter which then relays the signal to the central station and onto the fire department. Siemens BAS Controllers (Part) are to be sole supplied by Siemens. The Siemens BAS Controllers manages and controls the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) functions within the facility.

Interested vendors must show clear and convincing evidence that alternatives to the specified items exist. Interested vendors wishing to be considered by the Government as described above must provide a copy of its brochure and any other capability statements/ data no later than 06 August 2025, 11:00 AM EST, to Contract Specialist, Christine Brooks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to christine.a.brooks@usace.army.mil.

This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the direction of the Government.