Intent to Award Mass Spectrometer Maintenance Service
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- DOIGFBO250051
- Agency
- Office of Acquisitions and Grants US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Points of contact
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- Dunning, Jenna jmdunning@usgs.gov (703) 648-7398
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Geological Survey intends to issue a sole source award to Thermo Electron North America LLC for ELEMENT2 mass spectrometer maintenance services at the Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center in Reston, Virginia. This is not a competitive procurement but rather a notice of intent to award based on the proprietary nature of the equipment, as Thermo Electron maintains exclusive control over all materials, replacement parts, electronic board designs, software architecture, and service capabilities for their instruments. The agency justifies the sole source approach by stating that no other authorized sources exist for parts, software, or trained service engineers, and Thermo Electron does not support dealers or resellers. Interested parties may submit capability statements via email to Jenna Dunning at jmdunning@usgs.gov by 4:30 PM ET on July 19, 2025, though the government retains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the contract based on responses. The anticipated contract award date is July 20, 2025, and vendors must be registered in SAM.gov to be eligible for award.
This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and operates under NAICS code 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) with a size standard of $34 million. Thermo Electron North America LLC in West Palm Beach, Florida, is identified as the intended sole source contractor given their proprietary ownership of the mass spectrometer technology and exclusive manufacturing capabilities. The contract will be structured as a firm fixed-price purchase order under FAR 13.106-1(b) authority with a performance period running from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. While no specific contract value is disclosed in the notice, the procurement falls under the PSC category J066 for maintenance, repair, and rebuilding of instruments and laboratory equipment. The government emphasizes that responses must be submitted in writing with clear documentation of capabilities, as verbal responses will not be accepted or considered.
Notice text
THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The U.S. Geological Survey intends to award a non-competitive firm fixed-price purchase order under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) to Thermo Electron North America LLC in West Palm Beach, FL for ELEMENT2 mass spectrometer maintenance service contract for the Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center in Reston, Virginia. The period of performance is 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026.
The mass spectrometer was built by Thermo Electron; the company retains sole control of all materials used in its manufacture, all replacement parts, particularly of electronic board design, software architecture, and service. Thermo Electron holds all of the patents for the instruments and does not support dealers or resellers, no other sources are authorized to provide labor and replacement parts. There are no available parts or software or trained service engineers for maintenance that could be used instead of the parts and staff from Thermo Electron.
The NAICS code is 811210. The size standard is $34 Million.
Responses may be emailed to Jenna Dunning at jmdunning@usgs.gov no later than 4:30 PM ET, Thursday, July 19, 2025.
The anticipated award date of the contract is 07/20/2025. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.
This is a sole source notice published for informational purposes only and not a request for competitive quotes. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, in accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible parties interested in responding to this notice are invited to submit a capability statement via email by the time and date specified in this notice that provides sufficient details for consideration by the Government.
The determination not to compete the contract based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Phone calls will not be accepted in response to this notice. All information submitted should support the offeror's capability to provide the items required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses must be in writing and must provide clear and concise documentation indicating an offeror's bona fide capability to provide these supplies/services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered.
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