Fire Fuel Kit

The US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Procurement Property Services (PPS), Customer Service Area (CSA) #2 intends to award a sole source to provide the Forest Service with supply of a Fire Fuel Kit- Voxel Edition . This source is providing an integrated "Fire Fuels Kit" that includes a BLK-360 G1 scanner and associated peripherals that have been developed to support a joint field effort between the USFS NRS, USFS SRS, FWS, NPS, WVU and several private entities. The source is providing identical kits to each of these collaborating agencies and consistency is required across the project. This is a Notice of intent to issue a Sole Source Proposed Contract Action under the FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. No contract will be awarded based on offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334511 business size standard is 1,350 in number of employees. The Government intends to negotiate a sole source contract with: Pivotal Products 6635 West Beaty Hollow Rd Hanover IL 61041 www.pivotalproducts.net Market research to date has determined that Pivotal is the only provider of this kit to include all of the necessary peripherals to include: Fire Fuel Kit:Voxel Extreme Edition • (1) BLK360 G1 Laser Scanner • (1) BLK360 Transport Hood • (4) Lithium-Ion Batteries • (2) Battery Chargers with Adapters • (1) Car Charger Adapter • (1) Aluminum Tripod with Adapters • (2) Fiber Tape Reels with Double Nylon Coated Fiberglass Blade, 100'/30M x1/2" • (1) 10 BAF Clear Rectangular Cruising Prism • (1) 20 BAF Clear Rectangular Cruising Prism • (2) 6' High Visibility Safety Flag with Heavy Duty Fiberglass Flag Pole • (1) Hard Transit Case • (1) Permanent License - Register 360 Plus (BLK Edition) • (1) 5 Year Software Maintenance for Register 360 Plus (BLK Edition) • (1) 2 Year BLK360 CCP Bronze Customer Support & Hardware Warranty This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to [email protected] with a courtesy copy to [email protected]. Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 9 February 2024.