SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR

SCADA and Metering Upgrades

Dated: August 6. 2020

The City of Gallup, New Mexico has determined that the following unique equipment and service requires specialized knowledge, manufacture, skills, function, application and interchangeability with existing equipment and integration with existing software, that only manufacturer can provide.

A description of the required function that substantiates the sole source determination is as follows:

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SCADA and Metering Upgrades

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) products are proprietary. Arizona Sun Sales Inc. located in Arizona, is the sole authorized sales representative for SEL products and services to be purchased in Arizona, New Mexico, and El Paso.

Contract details and the required statutory information is below:

(1) Arizona Sun Sales, Inc. 120 N. 44th St. Ste. 420 Phoenix, AZ 85034        Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. 2420 Commanche Rd NE, Ste. A7 Albuquerque, NM 87107

(2) Amount of prospective contract $314,527

(3) SCADA and Metering Upgrades

To ensure that Procurement procedures are conducted in a fair and impartial manner, all qualified vendors are notified of the City’s intent to award a Sole source contract. Qualified vendors and interested parties have an opportunity to submit evidence that more than one firm has the requisite ability to perform contract services prior to the proposed award date. If evidence presented reveals that more than one source is available to perform the contract, the City may issue a competitive solicitation.

Interested parties must submit thorough and comprehensive evidence, in writing by

5:00 p.m. on August 20, 2020 (fifteen days from date of this notification). Interested firms shall send their evidence in response to this notification in writing via facsimile, email, standard postal mail, or express courier to the attention of Frances Rodriguez, CPPB, City of Gallup P.O. Box 1270, Gallup NM 87305 (Mailing address) or 110 W. Aztec Avenue, Gallup NM 87301 (Physical address).  Email fax number 888-920-0611.