Preventive Maintenance of ThermoFisher Scientific FEI Quanta 650 Scanning Electron Microscope

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT NAVSEA Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) intends to award a Sole Source contract to ThermoFisher Scientific FEI, 5350 NE Dawson Creek Rd., Hillsboro, OR for Preventive Maintenance and Unscheduled Repairs and Parts for a base period of one year, with 4 subsequent option years for servicing of FEI QANTA 650 Scanning Electron Microscope.  PNS will use Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition. The authority for soliciting a single source under simplified acquisition procedures is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Soliciting Competition, which states that contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization). The proposed contract action is Sole Source only. In accordance with FAR 5.102, the required justification documentation is attached (See Note 22). This Notice of Intent is not a request for quotation. No solicitation or RFQ will be forthcoming. Interested parties may identify their interest and submit product information in response to this notice by 12 noon EDT 30 April 2020 via email to Gisela.gauthier@navy.mil. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract is entirely at the discretion of the Government. NOTE 22: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by the closed date specified herein will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.