TA Instruments Services

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Research and Development Center (ERDC), Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) intends to issue a sole source award to TA Instruments – Waters L.L.C. (Cage 0MJS5) to procure a service contract for the dynamic hybrid rheometer-2 (DHR-2) with environmental test chamber (ETC), Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA), Simultaneous DSC/TGA (SDT), and Isothermal Calorimeter (ITC).The Concrete and Materials Branch (CMB) is need of service contract of instruments that are vital for direct funded and reimbursable projects. These systems are needed in order to continue to understand the thermal and rheological properties of structural materials used for military construction and protection. TA Instruments products are not offered for purchase by third party sellers. The company sells its products directly. TA instruments also provides premium technical and application support that are not offered by third party.The award will be issued in accordance with FAR

13.106(b)(1)(i). The applicable North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) code is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) with a small business standard of 1,000 employees. This notice of intent is for information purposes only.This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued.  However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendor’s ability to fulfill this requirement. Respondents to this notice must provide: the manufacturer’s part numbers for offered products; product specifications; statement as to whether offered products are commercially available; warranties offered on the products; and lead time for delivery. Any offeror shall be required to register in the Government’s System for Award Management (SAM) at www.SAM.gov. Respondents must provide their full legal name; authorized contact’s name, title, email and phone number; legal address; link to registration in www.SAM.gov; and their firm’s business size declaration as well as the firm’s socio-economic status, if any (e.g. Large Business, Small Busines, Women-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, etc.). Respondents must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements, which are the same or similar to this requirement, and provide references for each.   Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.  Responses to this requirement may be submitted to Lisa Bucci in writing at Lisa.Bucci@usace.army.mil. The SAM.gov posting number, W912HZ21N4187, shall be included in the subject line of the e-mail submission.  Responses must be received no later than 5:00PM CST July 19, 2021.