Notice of Intent to Sole Source - UV Laser Marking Device
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1174226
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333517 Machine Tool Manufacturing
- PSC
- 3611 Industrial Marking Machines
- Place of performance
- Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Keyence Corporation of America for a 3-Axis UV Laser Marking System, with a capability-statement deadline of July 31, 2026. The Forest Products Laboratory's Forest Biopolymers Science and Engineering Research Work Unit requires UV laser marking equipment to support full-field metrology of wood and wood-product specimens during mechanical characterization research. The Government specifies that Keyence is the only known manufacturer capable of providing a 355 nm UV marking laser with integrated 3-axis controller, automatic non-planar contour detection, and dynamic focus depth of field of at least ±20 mm—features necessary to prevent thermal and mechanical degradation of heterogeneous wood specimens. The Government is procuring under FAR 13.106-1(b) sole-source authority. Though this is not a competitive solicitation, interested parties who believe they can fully satisfy the technical requirements may submit a capability statement within 15 days of posting. All timely capability statements will be reviewed; the Government retains sole discretion to decide whether to compete the contract based on responses received.
Notice text
The US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory intends to negotiate a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract award with Keyence Corporation of America for a 3-Axis UV Laser Marking System.
The Forest Biopolymers Science and Engineering Research Work Unit (RWU4707) at FPL conducts research on the multiscale material characterization of wood and wood products. Wood and cellulose-based materials are highly heterogeneous complex materials that require full-field deformation measurements to properly characterize the mechanical behavior for use in various forest products markets. The most effective methods for full-field metrology utilize imaging of patterned surfaces. A UV laser marking device enables high contrast “cold marking” of specimen surfaces at high resolution while minimizing thermal damage.
The Government intends to acquire this equipment under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source. Keyence Corporation of America is the only known manufacturer capable of providing a 355 nm UV marking laser with an integrated 3-axis controller capable of automatic non-planar contour detection and a dynamic focus depth of field of at least +/-20 mm, which is required to prevent thermal and mechanical degradation of heterogeneous wood specimens during characterization.
This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties who believe they can fully satisfy the technical requirements may submit a capability statement. All capability statements received within 15 days of this posting will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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