N--Project 603-19-301 Repair AHU PH 6 Laundry & Vivarium Ph 1

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT TO JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The Department of Veterans Affairs-Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky intends to award a fixed priced sole source award to Johnson Controls, Inc. for turn-key services for Facilities Support Solutions to provide three (3) York outdoor air handling units (AHU) with controls to support the existing building automation network system-MetaSys®, integrating all control components to the current system. The work shall include equipment purchase, installation, start-up, commissioning and software integration into the existing automation system. The Robley Rex VA Medical center s energy management continues to strive for improvement in energy efficiency. Relative to that the medical center has integrated its heating and cooling systems to obtain this objective. The Contracting Officer has reviewed the requirement and determined that Johnson Controls, Inc. is the only source that can reasonably meet the medical center s requirement in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 because the requirement contains proprietary equipment, parts and systems that cannot be met by any other source. The items of consideration relative to this requirement are peculiar to one manufacturer, there are proprietary/copyright which limits competition, this is a direct replacement of existing equipment and the equipment, controls and software is compatible in all aspects with the existing energy management system at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center. The anticipated period of performance is 90 calendar days from receipt of Notice To Proceed. This notice is not a competitive request for proposals. A competitive solicitation will not be issued.