NOTICE of INTENT to Sole Source-

The Department of Commerce (DoC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division (AMD), on behalf of the Quantum Devices Group, intends to procure on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, for customized Integrating Spheres to be fully integrated into a NIST owned Bruker Spectrometer.

The NAICS code is 334516 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. NIST anticipates awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Labsphere, Inc. of N. Sutton, NH for this requirement in the third quarter of FY 2015.

Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to contract specialist, Patricia Bullington via e-mail at [email protected].

All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received by [email protected] no later than Wednesday, April 22, 2015, NOON Mountain Time.