N66001-21-Q-6472– Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Zurich Instruments AG

The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) hereby publicizes its intention to solicit, negotiate, and award a Commercial, Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a noncompetitive basis with Zurich Instruments AG. of Switzerland (CAGE Code: SHA62). The requirement is for the purchase of the following:

ITEM 0001:
SHFQA Quantum Analyzer
Manufacturer: Zurich Instruments AG
QTY: 1

ITEM 0002:
HDIQ 4-8 GHz IQ Modulator
Manufacture: Zurich Instruments AG
QTY: 1

The justification is as follows. The above two items of supply are designed to work with other preexisting to NIWC Pacific Zurich Instrument items. These products are designed to operate together providing seamless integration to achieve the best possible noise floor. The addition of a different brand in such sensitive experiments will almost certainly unbalance the delicate interaction among instruments that provide an extremely low noise floor.

Based on an approved Justification for Non-Competitive Procurement, the agency has identified only one responsible source and no other supplier will satisfy agency requirements.

A determination by the government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the government. However, all responsible sources may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis, and must clearly show the firm's ability to be responsive without compromising quality, accuracy, and reliability. All responses received before the date listed below will be considered by the Government for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The applicable NAICS Code is 334515, Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals and the size standard is 750 employees.

The point of contact for this announcement is Ben Ossenfort at benjamin.ossenfort@navy.mil.

Be advised that the aforementioned information is anticipatory in nature and is not binding.


All responding vendors must be registered to the System for Award Management (SAM). Information may be found at https://www.sam.gov. Complete SAM registration requires a registered DUNS and CAGE Code numbers.

Any comments, questions or concerns regarding this notice may be submitted via e-mail to benjamin.ossenfort@navy.mil by 23 July 2021 at 1400 Pacific. Questions by phone or fax will not be considered. Awarded contract N6600121P6472 to Zurich Instruments AG for 113255 on 2021-08-06.