This firm fixed price purchase order for $297,999.18 was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center to Phillips Corporation Federal Division, doing business as Federal Division, for a LARGE WIRE COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE. Place of performance will be in Hanover, Maryland, with work to be completed between August 13, 2020 and October 22, 2020.
The original solicitation sought a Sodick ALN800G SPW large wire electrical discharge machine for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee, including transformer, lifting, and leveling hardware as well as operations and maintenance training. As Sodick has only one authorized distributor, the solicitation designated Phillips Corporation Federal Division for this single unit procurement on a sole source basis. There was no set-aside designation for this requirement.