SOLE SOURCE NOTICE - Manufacturer Repairs to CASE Backhoe
Federal opportunity from KS004301 - Contracts and Procurement | KS004 - Contracts and Procurement • City of Salem. Place of performance: OR. Response deadline: Jan 04, 2026.
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SOLE SOURCE NOTICE - Manufacturer Repairs to CASE Backhoe
Manufacturer Repairs to CASE Backhoe
SOLE SOURCE PUBLIC NOTICE
First Date of Public Notice: December 29, 2025
Anticipated Award Date: January 05, 2026
Description: Manufacturer Repairs to CASE Backhoe
Prospective Contractor: N & S Tractor – Rickreall, OR
Amount: $ 5,515.89
The City intends to purchase the above referenced goods or services, personal services or professional services
on a Sole Source basis as allowed in the City's adopted Public Contracting Rules, Section IV Alternative Source
Selection Methods for Goods or Services, Personal Services, and Professional Services.
Protests of Sole Source Procurement:
An affected person may protest the determination that goods, services, personal services, or professional
services or a class of goods, services, personal services or professional services are available from only one
source.
An affected person must deliver a written protest to the City Manager's office (555 Liberty St SE, Room 220,
Salem, OR 97301) within seven (7) days after the First Date of Public Notice as stated above. The written protest
must be submitted with a certified check or cashier's check in the amount of $500 to cover the costs of
processing the protest. A protest submitted after the timeline established is untimely, and shall not be
considered.
The written protest must include:
(1) A detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds for the protest;
(2) Evidence or documentation supporting the grounds on which the protest is based;
(3) A description of the resulting harm to the affected person; and
(4) The relief requested.
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This is a SOLE SOURCE public notice for manufacturer repairs to a CASE backhoe, with the City intending to award to N & S Tractor (Rickreall, OR) for $5,515.89. The first date of public notice is December 29, 2025, with an anticipated award date of January 05, 2026. Any affected person must submit a written protest within seven (7) days after the first date of public notice, delivered to the City Manager’s office at 555 Liberty St SE, Room 220, Salem, OR 97301, and include a $500 certified or cashier’s check. This is not structured as a competitive solicitation; the practical “bid” path is a timely, well-evidenced sole-source protest if you can credibly demonstrate multiple available sources for the required manufacturer repairs.
Complete manufacturer repairs for a CASE backhoe via a sole-source purchase, with the City planning to place the work with N & S Tractor (Rickreall, OR) for a stated amount of $5,515.89.
- Perform manufacturer repairs to a CASE backhoe (scope details not provided in the notice text)
- Provide repairs under a sole-source procurement intended for N & S Tractor (Rickreall, OR)
- If protesting: prepare and deliver a written protest package to the City Manager’s office with required contents and $500 certified/cashier’s check within the allowed timeline
- Written protest delivered to: City Manager’s office, 555 Liberty St SE, Room 220, Salem, OR 97301
- Certified check or cashier’s check for $500 to cover costs of processing the protest
- Detailed statement of legal and factual grounds for the protest
- Evidence/documentation supporting the protest grounds (e.g., documentation that multiple sources can provide the specified manufacturer repairs)
- Description of resulting harm to the affected person
- Relief requested
Source coverage notes
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- Specific repair scope/details for the CASE backhoe (tasks, parts, model/serial, diagnostics, and why it is deemed sole-source)
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