The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC Contracting Office intends to make award to Heartland Cement Sales Company on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The Airfields and Pavements Branch (APB) of the ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory has been tasked by the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center to evaluate a material transfer unit for bulk storage of rapid-setting materials and a bag breaker for the efficient removal of rapid-setting materials for the Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) program. Utility-Fill One-Step 750 is the brand of flowable fill that has been used in previous Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) experiments. In order to maintain consistency with previous tests, Utility-Fill One-Step 750 will be used. Heartland Cement Sales Company (CAGE Code 5E3K3) is the sole manufacturer of the Utility-Fill One-Step 750 Flowable Fill. The NAICS code for this requirement is 327310 (Cement Manufacturing) with a size standard of 750 employees. 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 Jody Criss 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 5 days from the posted date of this notice.