SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- TOPCON GPS EQUIPMENT - SSJ DOCUMENT
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2013
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Louisiana State Office, 3737 Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana, 71302
- ZIP Code
- 71302
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2013
- Point of Contact
- Aaron Ramsey, Phone: 318 473-7753, Aaron Ramsey, Phone: 318 473-7753
- E-Mail Address
-
aaron.ramsey@la.usda.gov, aaron.ramsey@la.usda.gov
(aaron.ramsey@la.usda.gov, aaron.ramsey@la.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- AG-7217-D-13-0031
- Award Date
- 7/31/2013
- Description
- SSJ DOCUMENT ~NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE~ AUTHORITY: GSA Multiple Award Schedule Program (see FAR 8.401). OFFICE: USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service Louisiana State Office Contracting Section 3737 Government Street Alexandria, Louisiana 71302 1. Nature and/or description of the action being approved. Purchase of TOPCON GPS engineering surveying equipment for several NRCS Field Offices throughout the state of Louisiana. 2. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs (including the estimated value). TOPCON GR5-RTK GPS surveying equipment for NRCS offices in Winnsboro, Monroe, New Roads and Amite, Louisiana. Estimated Value: $127,115 3. Identification of the justification rationale (see 8.405 -6(a) and (b)) and, if applicable, a demonstration of the proposed contractor's unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service. Existing equipment in the NRCS Field Offices throughout Louisiana is TOPCON brand equipment. In order to efficiently provide quality timely service to NRCS customers, the purchase of TOPCON brand equipment is required. Purchasing the equipment will help NRCS-Louisiana maintain interchangeability and sharing of GPS surveying equipment and personnel between Louisiana NRCS offices. It will also reduce training costs and training time by having only a single brand of equipment. Purchasing another brand GPS surveying equipment for these offices would mean having existing equipment that is incompatible with new equipment. Additional training costs would also result. Personnel would have to be trained on more than one brand of equipment. More training time would be required of personnel. Sharing of personnel and equipment would be limited across office lines. The resulting inefficiencies would impact the ability of the Louisiana NRCS to meet its mission. 5. A determination by the ordering activity contracting officer that the order represents the best value consistent with 8.404(d). The order Holman's for the TOPCON equipment is determined to be the best value to the Government. 6. A description of the market research conducted among schedule holders and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted. Market research showed that the equipment is highly specialized with very few manufacturers/dealers (narrow market). There is very little compatibility between the different brands. 7. Any other facts supporting the justification. None. 8. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made. Competition between available brands of this equipment will be made when the existing equipment becomes outdated.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: STATE OF LOUISIANA, Louisiana, United States
- Record
- SN03135326-W 20130803/130802000617-b871c0654213ac1948419116a5da5831 (fbodaily.com)
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