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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 solicitation for a construction acquisition under authority of FAR 6.302-1(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. 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 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 Part 6.302-1(c)(1), "Only One Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements". A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted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. Only that part of the project requiring brand name components will be sole source if no sources are able to prove an equal product. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT: The construction project will include Brand Name only equipment as follows: Ignition Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) by Inductive Automation: Portions of the projects will involve installing a new SCADA platform that will be compatible with the existing equipment and systems to remain, as well as the Enterprise standard, Ignition. Alternative vendors must clearly identify: Status as a US based company with no foreign ownership Vendor neutrality when interfacing with PLCs and automation controllers Ability to provide unlimited clients, tags and connections under one license System meets the requirements of ICS 706-2 Cybersecurity Standard for Mission Critical-Facility Related Control Systems, latest version Ability to seamlessly integrate with existing Ignition systems Any vendor wishing to provide a system seemingly equivalent to the Ignition SCADA platform by Inductive Automation must provide a copy of its brochure, a narrative and all other technical data required to clearly identify compliance with the requirements above no later than 08 December 2020, 3:00 PM EST, to Contract Specialist, Erica Eaton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Contracting Division, via email to Erica.A.Eaton@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.