preventative maintenance agreement for Canon 3030ia+ i-line stepper lithography system

NASA Shared Services Center is seeking capability statements for a sole-source preventative maintenance agreement for the Canon 3030ia+ i-line stepper lithography system at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This is a commercial item acquisition under FAR Part 12, with Canon USA Inc. identified as the only qualified source capable of servicing this specific equipment. The contract period will run from September 15, 2026, through September 14, 2027, and includes four scheduled quarterly preventative maintenance visits with guaranteed service response times of four hours for call acknowledgment and 72 hours for on-site technician arrival. Travel expenses are waived for scheduled maintenance but billed at actual cost for unscheduled repairs, and travel labor is capped at half the standard rate with a four-hour limit per dispatch. The agreement covers replacement of consumable parts such as mercury/halogen lamps and provides warranty coverage ranging from 30 days for customer-replaced parts to up to 360 days for large assemblies like reticle and wafer stages. Service update notices will be provided regularly, and additional application or software support is available through separate purchase orders at a discounted hourly rate. No pricing submissions are being sought at this stage, and the solicitation is purely a sources-sought notice to confirm industry capability and suitability for sole-source award. All correspondence must reference solicitation number 80NSSC26931764Q, with submissions due by 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on May 4, 2026. The place of performance is fixed at Greenbelt, Maryland, and while no formal inspection or acceptance criteria are detailed, performance standards are tied to the described service metrics and warranty terms. The contracting office is located at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, with no explicit payment, accounting, or invoicing details provided in the documentation, and no COR, COTR, or PCO information has been disclosed. There are no security clearance requirements, key personnel provisions, options clauses, or organizational conflict of interest requirements specified.