PMEL High-Frequency Universal Counters

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
FA860126Q0087
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base seeks three Keysight 53230A high-frequency universal counters for its Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, with quotations due July 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST and questions due July 13 at 1:00 PM EST. The procurement is a 100% small business set-aside restricted to certified Keysight 53230A sellers authorized to work on Keysight equipment.

Place of performance is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, with delivery to Building 884 at 5060 Pearson Road. Each unit must be new manufacture (not refurbished, used, or gray-market), equipped with Channel 3 (15 GHz CW), an ultra-high-stability Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator timebase, and Type-N front-panel input connectors. Delivery is required within 90 calendar days of award, FOB Destination with all shipping costs and insurance included in the proposal. The NAICS code is 334515, Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals; PSC is 6625.

All offerors must be registered in SAM and must demonstrate CMMC Level 1 compliance with 15 basic safeguarding requirements for Federal Contract Information, self-certifying this compliance in the Supplier Performance Risk System within PIEE before contract award. Quotations must include detailed pricing conforming to the Contract Line-Item Number structure and must not exceed 5 megabytes when submitted electronically. Firm pricing must be maintained for 60 calendar days from quote receipt. Tariffs and customs duties are prohibited from pricing. Payment will be made through Wide Area WorkFlow using invoice and receiving report documentation. The requirement addresses replacement of end-of-life legacy counters to restore critical calibration capabilities for spectrum analyzers and signal generators.

Notice text

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation AFLCMC/PZI Installation Contracting Support Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45323

Date: Release Date: 6 July 2026

Title: High-Frequency Universal Counters for PMEL

Request for Quote (RFQ) / Solicitation Number: FA860126Q0087

Questions Due: 13 July 2026 at 1:00 pm EST

Quotes Due: 16 July 2026 at 10:00 am EST

Contact Point(s): Megan From, Contract Specialist; megan.from@us.af.mil

Contact Point(s): Curtis V. Thomas III, Contracting Officer: curtis.thomas.4@us.af.mil

Description: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with RFO Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number FA860126Q0087 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ), for commercially off-the-shelf (COTS) supplies, and the subject purchase order will contract to provide Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) high-frequency counters to calibrate critical high-frequency Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE), such as spectrum analyzers and signal generators.

This acquisition is solicited as a brand name small business set-aside, in accordance with RFO 11.204(a)(2)(ii) and RFO 19.104-1, for certified Keysight 53230A sellers authorized to sell and work on Keysight equipment as outlined in the Statement of Work under NAICS code 334515. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically

at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul.

The Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges with some, none, or all offerors, or make no award at all depending upon: 1) the quality of quotations received, and 2) whether proposed prices are determined to be fair and reasonable. The Government also reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date.

  1. Requirement:

The Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) requires procurement of three (3) new Keysight 53230A Universal Frequency Counter/Timers (350 MHz, 12 digits/s) equipped with Channel 3 (15 GHz CW), Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) Timebase, and a Type-N front panel input. These commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) units are required to replace obsolete, end-of-life legacy counters that are experiencing severe hardware degradation. This equipment is critical to restore high frequency Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) calibration capabilities and prevent faulty customer equipment from degrading mission readiness.

  1. Period of Performance:

Desired Delivery Date: NLT 90 days after contract award

  1. Provisions and Clauses:

See solicitation attachment for applicable provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition.

NOTE 1: In accordance with R-DFARS 252.204-7998, Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications (Deviation 2026-O0043) (FEB 2026), the offeror's quote submission legally binds and certifies that its SAM registration is current, complete, accurate, and has been updated within the preceding 12 months as of the offer's date.

NOTE 2: In accordance with R-DFARS 252.204-7021 and R-DFARS 252.204-7025, a CMMC Level 1 assessment is the mandatory minimum requirement for all offerors bidding with the Department of War. Under CMMC Level 1, all offerors must demonstrate full compliance by self-certifying with the 15 basic safeguarding requirements for Federal Contract Information (FCI) outlined in RFO 52.240-93(b)(1). Once your organization has confirmed its compliance with these 15 requirements, you must enter this self-certification into the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) module within PIEE (https://piee.eb.mil). Contract award cannot be made to any offeror that is not fully compliant and whose assessment results are not properly recorded in the system of record. You must verify the CMMC Level required for this award by checking the provisions and clauses within the solicitation.

  1. Quotes Due Date:

Quotes must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist via e-mail at megan.from@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer at  curtis.thomas.4@us.af.mil. Quotes must conform to the requirements of this solicitation and be received no later than 16 July 2026 @ 10:00 AM EST. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure that the quote and its attachments are received. Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line “FA860126Q0087, PMEL High-Frequency Universal Counters” The entire quotation must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject

lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments. If a DoDSafe drop off is needed, please notify the contract specialist or contracting officer at least 48 hours before quotes are due. Any quotes received after designated closing date and time need not be considered. Quotes must include aggregate total of base plus all option year CLINS, if requested (IAW RFO 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options). All quotes shall be in whole dollars and conform to the Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) structure of attached solicitation.

  1. Notice to Vendor(s):

All vendors must fully complete and return the 'Required Information Sheet' (attached to the solicitation) and return with their quotation. Additionally, quotations that contain pricing only with no description/detail of the supply/service that will be provided will not be accepted or considered for award.

  1. Tariffs:

In accordance with R-DFARS 252.225-7013, the contractor is prohibited from including any amount for customs duties on eligible items within the quote price. The claim for duty-free entry is restricted to supplies destined for government use, either as end items or as components thereof. The Government will provide assistance in the process of obtaining duty-free entry.

  1. Period of Acceptance of Quotes:

Offeror agrees to hold prices in its quote firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

  1. SAM Registration:

Firms submitting a quote for the solicitation described herein, MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database, or risk the quote as being non-responsive, regardless of the package being considered complete, timely or any other salient consideration. Information to register on SAM can be found at the web site, SAM.gov.

List of Attachments:

    1. Solicitation
    2. Statement of Work

REQUIRED INFORMATION SHEET:

(All vendors must complete and return this sheet with quote submission.)

Shipping/transportation will be FOB: Destination

Payment Terms:                                              Delivery Date:                                                              

Company Name (as registered in SAM):                                                                                                          

UEI:                                                       CAGE:                                                              

CMMC Unique Identifier (UID):                                                                                         

POC:                                                               Telephone:                                                                      

E-Mail:                                                           

Warranty Information:          

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