Service and Maintenance of Teradyne Spectrum Test Systems

In accordance with Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 206.302-1, the Government is issuing this RFI/sources sought announcement as part of market research for the full service maintenance and repair of two Teradyne Spectrum 9100 Series Test Systems for a base-year and three (3) one-year option performance periods  

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport located at Keyport, WA intends to solicit and award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) purchase order on a sole source basis to TERADYNE, Inc., North Reading, MA or an authorized dealer thereof.  This effort will be conducted on a sole source basis in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The basis for restricting competition is due to TERADYNE, Inc. being the original equipment manufacturer for the Spectrum 9100 series test systems. As the proprietary information owner, TERADYNE is the only known source to be able provide technical support for TERADYNE manufactured instruments and software as well as repair of TERADYNE instruments and updates for TERADYNE software.

In accordance with Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 206.302-1, the Government is accepting information from companies potentially capable of meeting the requirements as described above. The Government is seeking companies with the capabilities and facilities to provide the requirement as described above. Please provide information of performance on other Government contracts with similar efforts.

Responses should include availability, budgetary cost estimate, and lead time of the solution, as well as, whether a demonstration unit can be provided to expedite the decision-making process.

All interested parties are encouraged to submit company and product literature, a white paper no longer than 5 pages, and/or other pertinent information, such as a description with performance parameters and a statement of current availability, summary of prior testing, test reports, a budgetary estimate of test articles, production units, production quantity breaks, mitigate the reason why the Government should not procure this effort on a sole source basis as stated above, and /or identify other Government contracts with similar efforts for the Government(s) consideration.

Responses to the Market Survey shall include the following:

Submitter's Name
Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
Business Size
Point of Contact (POC)
POC Telephone
Announcement Number:

Contractors must be properly registered in the Government System for Award Management database (SAM). Contractors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the internet at www.sam.gov.

This RFI/sources sought does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and it should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the Government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. The U.S. Government is in no way liable to pay for or reimburse any companies or entities that respond to this announcement. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed.

Information may be submitted to the Point of Contact any time prior to the expiration of this announcement. The Point of Contact for this effort is Michael LaBerge, E-mail: michael.j.laberge.civ@us.navy.mil Phone: (360) 315-0726. The mailing address is: Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport Division, Attention:  Michael LaBerge, Code 0232, Bldg 206L, 610 Dowell Street, Keyport, WA 98346-7610. Reference N0025326R7002 in the subject line of e-mails.

Submissions in response to this RFI shall be submitted to the NUWC Keyport Contracting POC by 1300 Pacific Time 23 January 2026. Responses received after 23 January 2026 may not be considered in the Government’s research.

All information marked as proprietary information will be safe guarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Your interest in the Government’s requirement is appreciated.

Reference number N0025326R7002 in all correspondence and communication.