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This is a Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source for 2/EA Firefighting skid units for the Department of Forestry at JBLM, WA. This is a NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT using Federal Acqu... This is a Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source for 2/EA Firefighting skid units for the Department of Forestry at JBLM, WA. This is a NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT using Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Mission Installation Contracting Command - Joint base Lewis-McChord has a requirement to procure the following supplies: 2/EA Firefighting skid unit: minimum 800-gallon capacity, polypropylene, fully baffled water tank, 23hp Briggs and Stratton Vanguard powered, single-stage, centrifugal pump capable of pumping 132 gallons per minute at 100 psi and 47 gallons per minute at 300 psi, pump control panel with winterization port, 1/8” diamond plated vented storage boxes with gas assist doors, two (2) Hannay electric rewind hose reels, all necessary plumbing in seamless schedule 40 stainless steel, diamond plating on pump platform and on top of tank, and storage racks on top of tank and boxes. Shall meet/exceed NFPA 1906 standards for wildland fire apparatus. The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) sole source contract to Cascade Fire Equipment Company. Cascade Fire Equipment Company is the only identified firm with the resources to supply components used in the slip-on units and does not have distributors. Mismatched and incompatible equipment impacts fire fighters’ performance, public safety and, ultimately, mission readiness. Standardizing equipment decreases the risk to firefighters’ safety in high-stress situations when engaged in wildfire suppression operations as they will be familiar with all equipment on the fire line. Standardizing equipment will greatly minimize the amount of training time required (60-80 hours annually) for each Government employee. All responses received within ten (10) calendar days after the publication of this notice may be considered by the Government. Interested person(s) may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than 5:00PM PDT, 10 September 2021. For questions concerning this Notice of Intent, contact Natalie Johnson at natalie.a.johnson48.mil@army.mil. Posting date of this requirement is 01 September 2021. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED.