Intent to Award Sole/Single Source - Hitachi SU-70 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) Service Agreement

This requirement is for maintenance service and repairs on a Hitachi SU-70 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RY).

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 811210 - Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/PZLEQ), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, intends to award a sole source purchase order as authorized by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) to Keysight Technologies, Inc.

In order to comply with FAR 5.207(c)(15), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: Hitachi High- Tech America, Inc. is the manufacturer of the equipment and is the sole authorized provider of maintenance service and repairs due to proprietary technology. Please see attachment to this notice for additional details.

This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources or authorized distributors may submit a capability statement that meets all the requirements in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS), quotation or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government via e-mail to Mr. Jason B. Sav at jason.sav@us.af.mil no later than 5 March 2025 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “Notice of Intent SS – Hitachi SU-70 FESEM Maintenance and Service”. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this 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 e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or .xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Attachment(s):

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Single Source Justification (SSJ) Redacted