Notice of Intent for Brand Name Items - Administrative Facility Interior Renovations II (AFIRII)

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

PROJECT: W912DR26X1AH5 - Administrative Facility Interior Renovations II (AFIRII), Adams County, Fairfield, Pennsylvania

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 Purpose ONLY to determine the availability of brand name items.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to include the following proprietary items in a solicitation for a construction acquisition under the authority of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 6.103-1, 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 Notice indicates otherwise.

This notification serves three (3) purposes: (1) to notify potential Offerors of the Government's 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 RFO 6.103-1.  A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted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 that will be issued/solicited competitively. The portion of this project requiring brand name components will be limited to sole source if no sources are able to provide an equal product.

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 (NLT) 20 March 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), via email to the following contacts:

Kennedy Vila, Contract Specialist - kennedyluther.s.vila@usace.army.mil

Nicole Brookes, Contracting Officer - nicole.c.brookes@usace.army.mil

This is a market survey and notice 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 discretion of the Government.