NOTICE OF INTENT TO BRAND NAME SOLE SOURCE: Shimadzu Hyper Vision HPV-X2 High-Speed Video Camera

The United States Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 10U.S.C 2304(C)(1) as implemented by FAR13.501(a); One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements - based on minimum mission requirements defined below

Shimadzu is the only company that provides a camera capable of meeting the government's minimum requirements. There are many distributors of Shimadzu products and this is a notice of intent to Brand Name Sole Source this acquisition and gather competition among the distributors of Shimadzu's "Hyper Vision HPV-X2 High-Speed Video Camera"

HPV-X2 is the only commercially available camera that meets the governments requirements of capturing 128 or 256 frames at a resolution rate of 10,000,000 frames per second, number of consecutive images, synchronization with multiple cameras, exposure time and image noise. The Shimadzu camera is also free from frame to frame artifacts such as ghosting and gray value variations and replicas of previously transmitted images or offsets in position.

The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with Shimadzu and authorized Resellers of Shimadzu products.