Shrimp-RG ION microprobe lab support

Notice of Intent


This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) intends to negotiate a purchase order with Bradford Ito, Redwood City California to provide electronics and hardware support for the USGS-Stanford SHRIMP-RG (Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe Reverse Geometry) ion microprobe laboratory including training for USGS electronics engineer assigned to SHRIMP-RG laboratory as described in the attached Statement of Work.

Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Bradford Ito is, to the USGS' knowledge, the only source technician in the U.S. with expertise maintaining and troubleshooting SHRIMP ion microprobes that is a large-format mass spectrometer used for geochemical research.

The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government.

The NAICS code for this action is 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services with an associated size standard $16.5 million annually apply to this announcement.

Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to nlushenko@usgs.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than 3 December 2021 at 1700 Eastern Time.

Statement of Work is Attached.