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58 -- EXPANSION OF EXISTING RTS INTERCOM SYSTEM SOL CON-00-0001 DUE 111899 POC Contact Point/Contracting Officer: Lesley D. Isaac, Jr., Contracting Officer, Telephone: (202) 619-1623; Facsimile: (202) 205-1921. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, lisaac@IBB.GOV. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Office of Contracts intents to solicit, negotiate, and award a Purchase Order (contract) on a non-competitive basis using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13) to RTS Systems for additional equipment and supplies to expand an existing RTS intercom system. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition that is applicable to this procurement is FAR Subpart 6.302-1 (a) (2), 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1), which states: "when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for." RTS System is the manufacturer of the existing intercom system and is the only known firm that can meet BBG's operational requirement. This plant wide inter-communication system has been in use by the BBG's Worldnet and Television Service for the past three years. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive price quotations. Interested firms or persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. All such price responses must be received by the Government by 12 noon EST, Thursday, November 18, 1999 to be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order (contract) based upon responses to this Notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any information receive from interested firms/persons responding to this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any questions regarding this Notice shall be in writing and submitted to the Contracting Officer, Mr. Lesley D. Isaac Jr. via facsimile at (202) 205-1921. This notice is not a RFP, IFB, or RFQ. Posted 11/03/99 (W-SN397510). (0307)

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