SOLE SOURCE NOTICE - Project 7 / SEV3 / Complete Platform Ultralight 3A Ballistics SWAT Vest

The City of Salem is issuing a sole source notice for the procurement of a Project 7 / SEV3 / Complete Platform Ultralight 3A Ballistics SWAT Vest. The City intends to purchase this item from Aardvark, located in LaVerne, CA, for an amount of $8,610. The procurement is being made on a sole source basis as allowed in the City's adopted Public Contracting Rules. * The item being procured is a specific type of SWAT vest * The procurement is being made on a sole source basis * The City is allowing protests of the sole source determination * The protest must be submitted in writing with a certified check or cashier's check in the amount of $500 * The written protest must include a detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds for the protest, evidence or documentation supporting the grounds, a description of the resulting harm, and the relief requested.