70--Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Purchase of Dell PC, Red Hat Linux Kit Upgrade to 5 Work Stations Media Kit

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Purchase of Dell PC, Red Hat Linux Kit Upgrade to 5 Work Stations Media Kit The U.S. Army RDECOM Installation Contracting Branch (CCRD-AI-IC), Aberdeen Proving Ground intends to award a sole source fixed-price purchase order under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Other Than Full and Open Competition procedures and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, for the acquisition of Dell PC, Red Hat Linux Kit Upgrade to 5 Work Stations Media Kit and related items to Varian Inc., 3120 Hansen Way M/S-D300, Palo alto, CA 94304-1030 under a small business set-aside. This acquisition is required to support the US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Centers need for upgraded media kits to perform testing. Varian has Dell custom-configure the Dell computers with a non-Windows operating system along with its own vender specific software that runs Varians NMR systems to ensure that the systems work properly. As the Dell Precision T3400 are supplied with Varian-specific version for the RHEL 5.1, a custom configured version of the RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 OS, pre-loaded by Dell onto the computers prior to delivery to Varian, APG has decided to award this purchase order for upgraded media kits as a sole source acquisition. No solicitation or Request for Quote (RFQ) is available for this procurement. Nevertheless, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting the requirements described herein may submit a response no later than 4 September, 2009, 4:00 PM to be considered. Responses to this posting must submitted in writing via e-mail only. A determination not to compete the described purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Federal Government. Any questions or comments should be directed to Renae McHenry, Contract Specialist via e-mail at [email protected] or Scot Plank, Contracting Officer at [email protected]. Description of Requirement: ITEM 01 EACH DELL PC, RED HAT LINUX KIT, 5.1 UPGRADE UP TO 5 WORKSTATIONS; INCLUDING: INOVA VNMRJ 2.2D MEDIA KIT; VARIAN MRI SYSTEM VNMRJ 2.3A, MERCURYPLUS/MERCURYVx VNMRJ 2.2D