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Notice. Posting has been Amended to reflect the organization's needs. Please review the Sources Sought Notification in its entirety. General. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT and is for informational/market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR BID, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. PROJECT: Renovation of the Fish Collection Facility on the Toutle River 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 or Equal Items. In accordance with Section 888(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) as implemented by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 206.103-170(c), the justification and approval (J&A) addressed in RFO Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.301(2) is required in order to use brand name or equal descriptions in solicitation associated with PAN26P29638 for the renovation of the Fish Collection Facility on the Toutle River. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District intends to include the following brand name or equal descriptions in a Request for Proposal under the authority of RFO FAR 6.103-1, “only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” This project will include a brand name or equal description, as described below, unless the results of this sources sought notification indicate otherwise. This notification serves three purposes: (1) to notify potential Offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name or equal component under a the anticipated project; (2) to identify potential sources that can provide the brand name or equal items; (3) notification of USACE's intent to require the brand name only descriptions if the market is unable to provide equal products. In the event no equal products exist, the brand name justification and approval will be issued pursuant to RFO FAR 6.103-1 and RFO DFARS 206.103-170(c) and provided at time of solicitation of this project. A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a brand name justification and approval in the event an equal product is not submitted for consideration. In such instances, the brand name description will be embedded in the project. Only that part of the project requiring a brand name may be sole sourced if no sources are able to provide a Government approved equal product. Project Details and Background. This project is to renovate the existing Fish Collection Facility on the Toutle River to meet the current BiOP requirements. The renovation of the Toutle Fish Collection Facility is a mitigation requirement resulting from the raising of the crest on the Sediment Retention Structure (SRS) Project Scope. As part of the renovation, there w…

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