Intent to Award Sole Source: Acoustical Society
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The Air Force Research Laboratory Enterprise Strategies and Initiatives Contracting Division intends to award a sole source purchase order to The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) for institutional membership. This requirement, categorized under NAICS 813920, is designated as a simplified acquisition because ASA is the only organization capable of providing the necessary membership and publications to support the scientific efforts of 711 HPW/RHWS. This membership is critical for the United States Air Force to maintain an active, voting role on ASA and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards committees, specifically those concerning acoustics, mechanical vibration and shock, bioacoustics, and noise. The contract is structured for a base year with four subsequent option years, with an estimated annual cost of 15,000 dollars. Key deliverables include the integration of one primary and one alternate USAF representative for each accredited standards committee, access to the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and other scientific publications, and the provision of training materials for standards development. Performance milestones include biannual update meetings and the dissemination and collection of ballots for voting members. Interested parties may submit capability statements or exceptions to the sole source intent to the contracting office by October 23, 2026.
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Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USASet-Aside
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This requirement is for membership in The Acoustical Society of America (ASA).
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 813920 – Professional Organizations. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Strategies and Initiatives Contracting Division (RMZ), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, intends to award a sole source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.102(a) to The Acoustical Society of America (ASA).
In order to comply with RFO 5.101(c)(4)(vii), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: The Acoustical Society of America (ASA), a subsidiary of the America Institute of Physics, is the only group that offers membership to this organization and enables 711 HPW/RHWS to play an active, voting role in critical standards committees that ultimately determine procedures that must be employed in critical USAF functions. In addition, they are the only group that can provide the appropriate publications to support ongoing scientific efforts in 711 HPW/RHWS. 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 Minimum Requirements Document (MRD) dated 05 August 2026, 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. Christof Olp-Weakland at christopher.olp-weakland@us.af.mil no later than Friday 23 October 2026 at 12:00pm 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 to Award SS – Acoustical Society”. 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.
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Statement of Work (SOW)
Single Source Justification (SSJ) Redacted
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