NOI 5-18-26.pdf

PDF 63 KB Posted

Attached to
NOI Sakura Preventative Maintenance
Solicitation number
JA260518
Issued by
Not on record

About this file

This is a Presolicitation Notice for a sole source procurement of preventive maintenance and repair services for Sakura Laboratory Equipment.

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA) in Fort Detrick, Maryland intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with SAKURA FINETEK USA, INC (1750 214th Street, Torrance, CA 90501) under FAR 12.102(a), citing them as the only responsible source capable of providing the required services. The services support the Defense Centers for Public Health (DCPH) Aberdeen Laboratory, which uses highly complex Sakura instruments for pathological evaluation of animal tissue samples. Equipment maintenance must be performed by Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) trained service technicians to ensure instruments operate in accordance with manufacturer specifications and DCPH-A quality performance standards. The acquisition is classified under NAICS 811210 (Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance) with a Small Business Size Standard of $34,000,000. There are no set-aside restrictions. The procurement will be conducted under simplified acquisition procedures with no solicitation document issued. Interested parties may submit capability statements demonstrating their ability to provide equivalent services; the Government reserves discretion to conduct competitive procurement based on responses received. Capability statements including technical data and cost must be submitted via email in PDF, MS Word, or Excel format to Alicia Maldonado Torres at alicia.maldonadotorres.civ@health.mil by 12:00 P.M. EST on June 1, 2026.

View the file

Other files

File Type Posted
A02 - PWS.pdf PDF

On GovTribe

Work with this file

  • Download the original file
  • Contacts named in this file
  • Similar government files
  • Ask GovTribe AI about this file

Text version

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA) in Fort Detrick, MD intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW RFO 12.102(a)) with SAKURA FINETEK USA, INC 1750 214th Street, Torrance, CA 90501, as the only responsible source that can provide preventive maintenance and repair services for Sakura Laboratory Equipment. This is a Presolicitation notice in accordance with RFO 5.101.

The information provided by SAKURA FINETEK USA, INC. is the only source that provides DHACA with preventive maintenance and repair services for SAKURA Laboratory Equipment used at the Defense Centers for Public Health (DCPH) to support the mission of DCPH - Aberdeen (DCPH-A) Laboratory (LAB). These instruments are highly complex optimized instruments to test animal tissue samples for pathological evaluation.

The DCPH-A, Laboratory Sciences (LS) Directorate equipment maintenance services for SAKURA instruments ensure they are kept operable in accordance with manufacturer specifications and that the instruments perform in accordance with DCPH-A quality performance standards. These instruments require Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) trained service technicians with demonstrated technical competence.

This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 811210 with a Small Business Size Standard of $34,000,000. This presolicitation notice is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, any parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same service. All capability statements received by closing of this notification of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Based on the above information, the only technically acceptable subscription can be provided by

SAKURA FINETEK USA, INC. .

Submit email capability statements (using PDF, MS Word, Excel attachments) to Alicia Maldonado Torres at alicia.maldonadotorres.civ@health.mil. Statements are due no later than 12:00 P.M. EST on 1 June 2026. No phone calls will be accepted.

mailto:alicia.maldonadotorres.civ@health.mil

File details come from the government source that posted it. Updated .