Brand Name Product Purchase of Natural Pave XL Resin Pavement for surfacing of trails, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas.

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. Guadalupe Mountains National Park announces its intent to purchase a brand name product NaturalPAVE XL Resin trail surfacing material, approximately 140 tons from Soil Stabilization Products Company, Inc. of Merced, California. The NaturalPAVE XL Resin product has been used successfully on other trails in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, is holding up extremely well and provides excellent ADA compliance. Other trail surfacing materials have been used with very disappointing results. Justification for Procurement of Brand Name Product is available upon request @ [email protected]. Authorities allowing a brand name product procurement are: (a) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1): Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. (b) FAR Part 11.105: The Brand Name products are essential to the Government's requirements, and market research indicates other companies' similar products do not meet and cannot be modified to meet the agency's needs. (c) FAR 6.302-1: The use of the name brand products are essential to the Government's requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by another company. Comments in regards to the name brand required shall be emailed or faxed to [email protected], 575-885-4557 no later than August 12, 2011.