SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR one (1) Round Test RA-1600 tool and one (1)(1) Surftest FTA-H4S3000-D manufactured by Mitutoyo American Corporation.

This is a Small Business Set-Aside Sources Sought Notice issued by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory under solicitation number W911QX26QA107, seeking qualified small businesses capable of supplying one Round Test RA-1600 tool and one Surftest FTA-H4S3000-D measurement system manufactured by Mitutoyo American Corporation. The procurement is restricted exclusively to small businesses as defined under NAICS code 334519, which has a size standard of 600 employees, and respondents must self-certify their status as a small business and optionally identify any applicable socioeconomic designations such as HUBZone, 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, or EDWOSB. All offerings must meet exact technical specifications outlined by Mitutoyo, including required software versions—ROUNDPAK V8.1 for the RA-1600 and FORMTRACEPAK V6.2 for the FTA-H4S3000-D—and must be delivered fully calibrated and operational with on-site software training. Delivery is required no later than four weeks after contract award to the U.S. Army Research Laboratory at 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1138 under FOB Destination terms, with inspection and acceptance performed by the government upon receipt. The notice explicitly prohibits submissions containing .zip or .exe files and mandates responses be emailed to the primary point of contact, Kevin Manley, by the stated deadline of July 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST; no formal contract clauses, evaluation weights, pricing data, or packaging requirements are included, as this document serves purely as market research to determine industry capability and readiness prior to issuing a formal solicitation.