This Notice of Intent is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) for competitive proposals; however, in accordance with Part 6.302-1, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) intends to award a sole source purchase order according to FAR 13.5, based on the authority of FAR 6.302-1 "only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements". FEMA intends to award a purchase order to Static Power Conversion Services, Inc. to provide preventive and remedial maintenance services for DHS, FEMA, Mt. Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC) Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) equipment and batteries. Services shall include bi-annual visits to provide the manufacturer's recommended preventive maintenance, as well as on-call remedial maintenance of the equipment. The Contractor must provide service technicians who are factory certified to perform maintenance on APC and Mitsubishi brand UPS equipment. A portion of the work to be performed is located in a classified area that requires a TOP SECRET security clearance to access. An active DSS TOP SECRET facility clearance is required of the Contractor and any Subcontractors; individual TOP SECRET clearances are required for all staff performing work under this contract at the MWEOC facility. This action is being performed in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i) which states this authority may be used, "When there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the agency's minimum needs can only be satisfied by unique supplies or services available from only one source or only one supplier with unique capabilities...". A Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition has been approved by the Contracting Officer and is provided as an attachment to this notice. Static Power Conversion Services, Inc. is only known responsible source for providing preventive and remedial maintenance on MWOEC's UPS equipment and batteries because they have been determined to be the only source in the area that can provide factory certified maintenance technicians who have the required TOP SECRET security clearance. Static Power Conversion Services, Inc. is also the only known source with an active DSS TOP SECRET facility clearance. The Statement of Work (SOW) defining the preventive and remedial maintenance services required for MWEOC's UPS equipment and batteries is also provided as an attachment to this notice. At this time, Static Power Conversion Services, Inc. is believed to be the only responsible source with an active DSS TOP SECRET facility clearance which is capable of providing factory certified maintenance technicians with TOP SECRET security clearances to perform these maintenance services. However, any Contractor with an active DSS TOP SECRET facility clearance and TOP SECRET cleared, factory certified maintenance technicians capable of providing the required preventive and remedial maintenance services as defined in the SOW is asked to contact Phyllis Woodward via email at
[email protected] or by fax to 540-542-2631, no later than 4:00 PM on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 . Please provide your company DUNS number and CAGE Code as well as your capability information. This information will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.