BRAND SPECIFIC – XEROX PROFICIO 300 PRESS

The Drug Enforcement Administration intends to award a sole source firm fixed purchase order to Xerox Corp for the procurement of a Xerox Proficio 300 Press (PN: PX300), along with associated supplies, services, and maintenance support, to fulfill in-house training material needs for the Office of Training at Quantico, Virginia. The acquisition is justified under 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) and FAR 6.302-1(c) as a brand-specific sole source requirement, citing the necessity of the specific configuration and capabilities of the PX300, including a booklet maker, square fold trimmer, 2/3 hole punch, high capacity feeder, crease and two-sided trimmer, C/Z fold functionality, and a Fiery-based software/server, all integrated with a real-time quality control module to produce high-volume training materials such as CORE class graduation packets exceeding 600,000 pages annually. The contract will be performed from July 24, 2026, through July 23, 2027, and the cost of the press will be offset through a trade-in of two end-of-life Xerox machines, the Versant 180 and D136. The NAICS code for this action is 811310, and the acquisition follows procedures under FAR Part 13 for simplified acquisition procedures. Although this notice is not a request for proposal, the government is soliciting capability statements from interested vendors until July 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. EST, submitted electronically to Robert Radke at robert.j.radke@dea.gov, solely to aid in determining whether competition is viable. The government retains sole discretion to proceed without competition and explicitly states that this notice creates no obligation to award a contract or compensate respondents for their submissions.