Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Spare Material, Parts, and Training of Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA520526QB037
- Agency
-
Pacific Air Forces
Air Force, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333310 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- PSC
- 4610 Water Purification Equipment
- Place of performance
- Misawa Aomori 03300 Japan
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The 35th Contracting Office at Misawa Air Base, Japan, issued a Notice of Intent to Sole Source on February 18, 2026, for spare materials, parts, and training related to a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU). The Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces is publishing this special notice under the authority of DAFFARS 5313.501 and 10 U.S.C. 3572. The contracting office intends to award the sole-source contract to ELW Global UK Ltd., a United Kingdom-based manufacturer located in Thame, Oxfordshire, identified as the exclusive source for compatible equipment and services. The NAICS classification for this procurement is 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing, with a PSC code of 4610 for Water Purification Equipment. The original ROWPU equipment was procured in September 2024 under purchase order FA520524P0041.
The acquisition seeks to procure specific spare parts and materials for the existing ELW 2K ROWPU system, including pre-treatment filters, generator components, activated carbon units, RO vessels, a five-day refresher training course, and associated shipping fees. Interested parties may challenge this sole-source determination by submitting clear and convincing evidence of their capability to provide all required assets and by demonstrating that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Responses must be submitted via email to 2d Lt Jerick Caldwell or Tomoko Asai no later than 10:00 AM Japan Standard Time on March 2, 2026; telephone calls and facsimiles will not be accepted. This notice is not a formal solicitation and does not constitute a binding offer or create payment obligations. The Government's position is that ELW Global UK Ltd. is the only known vendor capable of providing materials and training compatible with the existing equipment due to original equipment manufacturer specifications and exclusive technical design registration.
Notice text
The 35th Contracting Office at Misawa Air Base, Japan intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of DAFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 3572, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901). The associated NAICS code for this is 333310.
The sole-source contract will be awarded to:
ELW GLOBAL UK LTD (hereby the proposed vendor):
OX9 THAME, 13 Upper High Street
Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 3ER
United Kingdom
CAGE Code: U26R5
The proposed vendor is the only known vendor to provide material, parts and training for the existing ELW 2K Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU). The existing ROWPU was procured by PO No. FA520524P0041 in Sep 24 in Misawa Air Base, and its spare material, parts and refresher training is required.
Description of Requirement:
Acquisition of spare material, parts and training of ROWPU
Items to be procured are as follows:
- Two (2) Pre-Treatment filter with coconut shell Carbon
- One (1) Generator starter Assembly
- Four (4) Economix 933
- Four (4) Centaur Catalytic/Absorptive Carbon
- Four (4) BIRM
- Twelve (12) RO Vessel for ELW 2K ROWPU
- Refresher Training 5 Days Course
- Shipping Fee
It is the Government's belief that only the proposed candidate possesses the required capabilities to successfully meet this requirement due to its compatibility with the existing system. It is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source. Interested parties may identify their interests to this notice by showing clear and convincing evidence that they can provide all the needed assets and competition would be advantageous to the Government.
Send responses to this notice via e-mail to 2d Lt Jerick Caldwell, Contract Specialist at jerick.caldwell.2@us.af.mil or Tomoko Asai, Contracting Officer at tomoko.asai.jp@us.af.mil no later than 10:00 AM (Japan Standard Time) on 2 Mar 26.
NO TELEPHONE CALLS OR FACSIMILES WILL BE ACCEPTED. RESPONSES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE OR WITHOUT THE REQUIRED INFORMATION MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED. THIS IS NOT SOLICITATION. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS OFFER AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR INFORMATION REQUESTED NOR WILL IT COMPENSATE ANY RESPONDENT FOR ANY COST INCURRED IN DEVELOPING INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2_Sole_Source_Justification_Redacted.pdf | ||
| 1_intention to sole source notice.pdf |
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