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52 -- LEUPOLD & STEVENS ANALOG DIGITAL MONITORING SYSTEM RECORDERS AND REPLACEMENT PARTS Sol RFP 97-09. Due 121896. Contact LaVette Buford 915-534-6694/Contracting Officer Debra J. Little, 915-534-6682. The International Boundary & Water Commission, U.S. Section (USIBWC) plans to acquire on the basis of Other Than Full and Open Competition Leupold & Stevens Recorders and Replacement Parts in accordance with commercial specifications (Type A-71 Recorder with QMT 1:5 Metric Gage Scale, 203 mm Diameter Float with Counterweight, 6 Meter Beaded Cable with End Hooks and 375mm Float Pulley for Beaded Float Line, Quantity 20; Type F Recorder with QMT 1:5 Metric Gage Scale, Quantity 1; and Replacement Part Numbers 19343 (Quantity 200 meters), 15147 (Quantity 12), 27325 (Quantity 6), 27326 (Quantity 6), 10907 (Quantity 5), 20449 (Quantity 12), 48215 (Quantity 12), and 21596 (Quantity 150 feet), for the Leupold & Stevens Analog Digital Recorder, Model 7001, located at various field offices. Delivery is FOB Destination to Del Rio, Texas, within 90 days from date of contract award. This is a Notice of Intent to award a Firm Fixed Price contract, for the above identified items/equipment to Leupold & Stevens, Beaverton, Oregon, under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c). The proposed action is for supplies/equipment for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition: The equipment is required to replace and repair worn and outdated hydrographic monitoring equipment and to update the present system capabilities to allow electronic data collection at float stations. Leupold & Stevens is the only known source which through proprietary considerations can supply the commercial specifications that are compatible with the existing analog digital system and that will meet the minimum needs of the Government. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability in meeting this requirement (Recorders and replacement parts must be compatible with existing Leupold & Stevens analog Digital Recorder, Model 7001). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any and all proposals received (product literature is preferred in lieu of unique technical proposals) within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis of intent, the Contracting Officer may determine that a solicitation will be issued. No additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to all firms that respond to this synopsis of intent. (324)

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