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THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to... THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of Brand Name Items. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to include the following proprietary items in a request for proposal for a construction task order acquisition under the authority of FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(G), the order satisfies one of the exceptions permitting the use of other than full and open competition listed in 6.302 {10 U.S.C. 2304c(b)5}. This project may include a Brand Name only component, as described below, unless the results of this sources sought notification indicates otherwise. This notification serves three purposes: (1) to notify potential Offerors under a construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name only component under a future construction project; (2) to identify potential sources that can provide the brand name only item and/or equivalent; (3) notification of the Army's intent to contract sole source for a Brand Name Only, if the market is unable to provide 'equivalent' products. In the event no equivalent equipment exists, the Brand Name Only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(B). A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted for consideration. In such instances, the brand name or equal component will be embedded in the construction project that will be issued/solicited competitively under a construction MATOC. Only that part of the project requiring brand name components will be sole sourced if no sources are able to prove an equal product. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT: The construction project will include Brand Name only equipment as follows: Generator system by Caterpillar: Three (3), 3MW generator (including 15kV fused disconnect switch, 800-gallon day tanks and associated generator communications and controls, SCR and all accessories with a 0.761 pitch. Interested vendors must show clear and convincing evidence that alternatives to the specified items exist. Interested vendors wishing to be considered by the Government as described above must provide a copy of its brochure and any other capability statements/ data no later than 29 April 2021, 11:00 AM EST, to Contract Specialist, Tamara Bonomolo , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to Tamara.C.Bonomolo@usace.army.mil. This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the direction of the Government.