Sole Source Notice Maintenance Agreement Renewal for SEM
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 89243321RFE000055
- Agency
- National Energy Technology Lab Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Place of performance
- USA
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice from the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory communicates their intent to sole source the renewal of a maintenance agreement for several scanning electron microscopes to FEI Company. The maintenance agreement covers FEI Company's Inspect F FEG, Quanta 600 and Quanta 450 Scanning Electron Microscopes.
The notice seeks to renew the existing maintenance agreement with FEI Company on a sole source basis due to FEI being the only known provider able to meet NETL's requirements. Interested parties have until April 29, 2021 to provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement if they believe they are capable of meeting NETL's needs. Responses must be submitted in writing to the contract specialist by the deadline to be considered, with sole source determination at the discretion of the Government. No requests or calls will be accepted.
Notice text
Notice of Intent to Sole Source for the renewal of a maintenance agreement for FEI Company’s Inspect F FEG, Quanta 600 and Quanta 450 Scanning Electron Microscopes.
In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, the Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to FEI Company to purchase the maintenance agreement for FEI Company’s Inspect F FEG, Quanta 600 and Quanta 450 Scanning Electron with 4 one year option periods. This is considered a sole source to FEI Company because, to the best of the NETL’s knowledge, based on market research conducted FEI Company is the only known source that can provide this type of maintenance. No known potential alternate sources exist which could satisfy NETL's requirement.
This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal. Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting the NETL requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement being requested by 5:30 PM ET on April 29, 2021. Responses must be submitted in writing to the contract specialist, Arturo Manantan, via email at arturo.manantan@netl.doe.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be received.
A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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