NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The Department of the Navy, through the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific), intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a sole-source, noncompetitive basis to Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. This procurement involves the acquisition of specialized instrumentation, specifically the M81-SSM-6 synchronous source measure system instrument and its associated modules. These include the M81-BCS-10 balanced current source module, M81-VM-10 voltage measure module, M81-VS-10 voltage source module, M81-CM-10 current measure module, and the M81-PMK-1 mounting kit for assembly on Lake Shore probe stations. This action, announced publicly to fulfill contractual transparency requirements, underscores the necessity of obtaining these specific, proprietary equipment components from a single source vendor to meet operational needs. The contract specialist overseeing this procurement is James K Blake, based in San Diego, California, where NIWC Pacific is located. The purchase aims to support the technical and research objectives of the Department of Defense by ensuring access to advanced and specialized measurement technology essential for their mission.