Special Notice - Intent to Award Sole Source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- NARA-883103-25-Q-00068
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- College Park, Maryland 20740, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source contract to Best Technology, Inc. for the procurement of specialized cleaning fluid used in motion picture film preservation. The contract will cover the purchase of two 55-gallon drums of BestSolv 7200 Engineered Fluid, which serves as a replacement for the discontinued 3M Novec 7200 product. This procurement is specifically intended for NARA's Research Services Motion Picture Laboratory at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland. The contract will be awarded as a firm fixed-price agreement under Simplified Acquisition Procedures using NAICS code 325998 for miscellaneous chemical product manufacturing. The agency has identified Best Technology, Inc. as the sole reseller of this chemically equivalent cleaning fluid required for their Lipsner-Smith film cleaning machine operations.
The primary objective of this sole source procurement is to ensure continuity of critical film preservation operations by securing the specialized cleaning fluid necessary for NARA's motion picture laboratory equipment. Interested parties have until 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 15, 2025, to submit responses to this notice, with the anticipated contract award date set for August 29, 2025. The procurement is being conducted under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), which permits sole-source awards when only one source is reasonably available to fulfill the requirement. No specific eligibility criteria beyond standard federal contracting requirements appear to be established, as this represents a justified sole-source acquisition. The procurement supports NARA's ongoing mission to preserve and maintain the nation's historical motion picture records through specialized conservation processes that require this particular engineered cleaning fluid.
Notice text
Special Notice - Intent to Sole Source - see attachment
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Special Notice - Intent to Award Sole Source.doc | DOC document |
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