--FIBERGLASS CASE W/LANYARDS

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) to acquire National Fire Equipment System (NFES 4309) Fiberglass Cases with Lanyards Kits. The Kits were specially designed to accommodate the federal foam liners for fire radio incident response kits and . These containers make up the entire NFES Radio Cache containers and have for the past 30 years. These Kits part and hardware are interchangable with all other Skydyne cases within the cache system.The Government believes that the only responsible source capable of satisfying the agency requirement is SKYDYNE COMPANY. of Port Jervis, NY who is the principle designer of this case system. A justification for other than full and open competition has been prepared in support of this acquisition. The estimated value of this simplified acquisition is less than $50,000.00. No Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued and no response will be made to letters or telephone requests for a copy of the solicitation. This is not a request for competitive quotes, but serves as a procurement notice to fulfill public posting requirements in accordance with FAR 5.101(a)(1). This requirement is restricted to this Small Business and the NAICS code 327999, PSC code 8145 apply and is issued as order L09PX02172. Questions concerning this acquisition may be directed to Patrick Lorton at 208-387-5717