Linear Stages

The United States Air Force, AFLCMC/Operational Contracting Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5344. This is a Sole Source synopsis published for informational purposes only. This proposed action is for the procurement of application and exam fees for the American Board of Preventive Medicine. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). This proposed procurement will be a Sole Source under North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) 334519 OTHER MEASURING AND CONTROLLING DEVICE MANUFACTURING Business size standard for NAICS 334519 is 500 employees. The proposed source is Newport 1791 Deere Ave Irvine, CA, 92606-4814 . A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, quotation or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government if received by 16 February 16 at 5 p.m. Eastern time. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to comply with FAR 5.207(c)(15), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: The Government requires stages to control the movement of devices being tested that meets the following requirements: a) extremely small scale precision position with large range of motion (~100 nm resolution with ~1 inch of travel), b) position repeatability (~200 nm), c) overall size of stages (vertical stage can be no more than ~ 6 inches retracted, horizontal stages when stacked must be less than ~4 inches, d) electronics must be compatible with existing National Instruments electronics, and e) must be compatible mounting with standard optics hardware (to work with other hardware already on hand). The Department of Defense (DoD) has determined the System for Award Management (SAM) to be the single DoD registration for contractors who conduct business or who are interested in conducting business with the DoD. Contractors must be registered in SAM prior to award for solicitations issued after 29 May 2012. You may contact SAM by telephone at 866-606-8220 or online at https://www.sam.gov. Any information should be e-mailed to deshaun.dilworth@us.af.mil no later than 16 February 16 at 5 p.m. Eastern time. Only inquiries/information received by this date will be considered. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads "High Precision Vertical & Compact Linear Stage". 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, or .xls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.