Notice of Award-Fuels Air Breathing

The U.S. Air Force’s 673d Contracting Squadron, under the Department of Defense’s FA5000 office at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, has awarded a single-source contract to Tech Nexus for the procurement of a BAC-20P breathing air pump manufactured by Air Systems International, with a total estimated value of $32,994. This acquisition was conducted as a simplified acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) and justified due to the unavailability of the prior MAV-8E system and the BAC-20P’s exclusive qualification as an explosion-proof solution for hazardous environments during aircraft fuel system maintenance. The contract was issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5, confirming Tech Nexus’s certification as a small business, though no further socioeconomic classifications or detailed representations from the offeror are disclosed. The place of performance is Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, with delivery expected following the contract’s signature on February 5, 2026. No formal line-item pricing, packaging or marking specifications, inspection criteria, or detailed delivery schedules are included in the documentation, and the contract type remains unstated. While the award relies on a PACAF/A4M authorization letter dated August 26, 2025, as the sole technical justification for the single-source selection, no FAR clauses, special contract requirements, evaluation factors, or certified representations beyond small business status are explicitly detailed. The contracting officer is Brian N. Gitau, with Rex Edades as the primary point of contact, both reachable via JBER, Alaska. Funding is authorized under agency code FA5000, but specific appropriation data or payment instructions are not provided, and no subcontracting plan, COTR, or COR is identified. The procurement was solicited electronically through SAM.GOV, with submissions closed on February 5, 2026, and the only referenced attachment is the Single Source Justification, which is not included in the available materials.