Non-Personal Services to Remove & Replace Schneider Electric UPS B Bank at Virginia Key Miami, FL

***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR) ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC & METEROLOGICAL LABORATORY (AOML) OFFICE, INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION FOR NON-PERSONAL SERVICES TO REMOVE & REPLACE THE SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS) B BANK CABINET IN ORDER TO REINSTATE THE WARRANTY.  

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND INSTALL THE UPS B BANK CABINENT AT VIRGINA KEY MIAMI, FLORIDA.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:  120 DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD

SCHNEIDER PARTS MUST BE USED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE UPS PARTS.  ONLY HALF OF THE UPS IS BEING REPLACED.  THE NEW UPS PART MUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND OPERATE WITH THE PARTS NOT BEING RE-INSTALLED.  THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ANOTHER COMPANY'S PART WILL NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY WITH THE OTHER HALF NOT BEING INSTALLED.  THE UPS PARTS BEING REPLACED ARE THE MAIN BRAINS FOR THE WHOLE UPS  AND THE FIRST CONNECTION POINT FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY ENTERING THE UPS.  USING A NON-SCHNEIDER PART COULD RESULT IN POSSIBLE DEATH OF AN EMPLLOYEE IF THERE IS A FAILURE.  

***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.