Notice of Intent to Sole Source Austinite 15 ANFO Material

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC), Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) intends to issue a sole source award to Austin Powder Company for the purchase Austinite 15 ANFO Material. One source is reasonably available to provide the specific ANFO required due to the need for the ANFO to replicate the explosive blends used in the past. The experimental data must be compatible with existing test data previously collected where Austinite 15 was used. Exactness of the explosive blend is required and only one source manufactures this blend. To ensure consistency, Austinite 15 manufactured and provided solely by Austin Powder, Inc. must be purchased. The award will be issued in accordance with FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i). The applicable North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) code that this work falls under is 325920 (Explosives Manufacturing), with a size standard of 750 employees. This notice of intent is for information purposes only. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendor’s ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Responses to this requirement may be submitted to Janalyn Dement at [email protected] . The solicitation number shall be included in the subject line of the e-mail submission. Responses must be received no later than Monday, February 24, 2020.