Intent to Sole Source - Preventive maintenance and service of the Zeiss 520 micro-CT (SN: 5202773815) and applicable software

The U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground is soliciting proposals for preventive maintenance and service of a Zeiss 520 micro-CT scanner and applicable software owned by the Materials Response and Design Branch of the Army Research Laboratory. The proposed contract requires annual preventive maintenance visits, software updates, equipment calibrations and checks for one base year and two option years to support materials research. Interested parties have five business days from the date of posting to submit fixed-price quotes by email for evaluation.

There is no set-aside designation for this proposed sole source contract. The incumbent contractor is Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC. Performance will take place at the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland for maintenance visits over a potential three-year period. The current contract value is unavailable, but pricing must remain fixed over the base year and two option years. Services include two preventative maintenance inspections annually along with software upgrades and emergency or additional services as required to support operation of the microscope.