4510--EMERGENCY WATER HEATER PARTS NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The RPO East/NCO 6 Contracting Office, Hampton, Virginia, intends to award a sole source purchase order to STS Operating, Inc. Dba Carotek Inc. as a result of them being an authorized reseller/distributor of Armstrong Systems Solutions SF 591 Water Heater Systems products. This is an EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT. The Salem VAMC Engineering Service is in need of Armstrong SF 591 water heater replacement parts to bring building 4 back to operation. Armstrong parts are the only ones compatible with the existing configuration. STS Operating, Inc. Dba Carotek Inc. has the parts immediately available for this procurement. This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B). The anticipated award date is 30 April 2021. Please note that this is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit in writing complete information describing their ability to provide the product/services listed above. Deadline date for the submittals is 29 April 2021 at 4 pm Eastern Standard Time. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. For information regarding this purchase, contact Donald V. Harris, Contract Specialist, at (757) 726-6089 or [email protected].