BK Connect Hardware and Software Maintenance
Open Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- HT9426-27-NOI-TJB-01
- Agency
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Defense Health Agency
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334515 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Place of performance
- Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity is announcing its intent to award a firm fixed price, sole-source contract to Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer, Inc. (HBK) of Marlborough, Massachusetts, on behalf of the United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL), for continued hardware and software maintenance of existing sound and vibration measurement and analysis equipment. Responses are due 12:00 PM EST, Friday, 20 November 2026. The sole-source basis is RFO 6.103-1, with the agency stating that HBK is the only responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy requirements. The notice is marked No Set-Aside Used, and HBK develops and manufactures the installed equipment.
This is a notice of intent, not a request for quotations, and no solicitation exists. A vendor that challenges the basis for the requirement may submit a capability statement with sufficient detail and convincing evidence of its ability to provide these services. The Government's decision not to compete the contract rests solely in its discretion. Requests for documentation and questions-only submissions do not count as affirmative responses. Submit responses to Tara Borntreger at tara.j.borntreger.civ@health.mil. This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirement under RFO 5.101(a).
Notice text
The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity, located at 808 Schreider Street, Fort Detrick, MD, intends to award a firm fixed price sole source contract on behalf of the United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) to Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer, Inc. (HBK), located in Marlborough, MA, under the authority as prescribed in Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) 6.103-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This requirement is for continued hardware and software maintenance of the existing sound and vibration measurement and analysis hardware and software which is developed and manufactured by HBK.
This notice of intent is NOT a request for quotations, and no solicitation document exists for the requirement; however, if a vendor challenges the basis for this requirement, please submit a capability statement that includes sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to provide these services. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered an affirmative response. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government.
This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirements under RFO 5.101(a).
Responses to this notice may be submitted to Tara Borntreger at tara.j.borntreger.civ@health.mil no later than 12:00PM EST on Friday, 20 November 2026.
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