Notice of Intent: The Department of Energy (DOE), Southwestern Power Administration, intends to award a sole-source, Firm-Fixed-Price type procurement to General Electric, for the OC-12 upgrade under Basic Ordering Agreement DE-AA75-05SSW56968. The estimated dollar value of the procurement is $27,474.85. The North American Industry Classification System Code for the procurement is 334290. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), and FAR 6.302-1, there is only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the requirements. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source procurement action and is not a request for competitive proposals. This notice shall satisfy the requirements of FAR Part 5. Firms wishing to challenge the sole-source decision must submit a letter of interest, referencing No. DE-RQ75-06SW57655 to Southwestern Power Administration demonstrating the firm’s ability to provide the equivalent product as described above. Firms shall also indicate whether or not they are a small business, small business women-owned, small disadvantaged business, or and 8(a) small business concern. Interested parties must provide rationale, including pricing, why they should be considered. Firms are requested to submit any challenges to Southwestern Power Administration, ATTN: Sean Long, One West Third Street, Tulsa, OK 74103-3502 no later than June 6, 2006, 2:00PM Central Time. Quotations submitted by other methods will not be evaluated. It is the responsibility of the contractor to respond by the due date and time, and to verify successful receipt of their submittals. All questions or inquiries regarding this notice are to be directed to the Contract Specialist, Sean Long ([email protected]).

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