66--T360 SENSOR UPGRADES

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to Nanometrics Inc. located in Ottawa Canada for a factory upgrade of seven (7) Nanometrics Trillium 360 Vault sensors 360 GSN vault sensors. The upgrades must be accomplished by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Nanometrics, Inc., which is the only repair facility capable of conducting this upgrade with factory authorized parts, proprietary software and firmware and final acceptance testing procedures to original specifications. Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-(b) (1) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Nanometrics Inc., is, to the governments knowledge, the only source who can provide the necessary equipment. The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government. NOTE: All information submitted in response to this notice is voluntary. The Government will not pay for information provided nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Materials submitted to the Government for review will not be returned. The NAICS code for this action is 334513 Measuring Device, 1000 employees. Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to [email protected] must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than July 16, 2020 1500 ET. Responses submitted by hardcopy or the FedConnect web portal or the FedConnect Message Center shall not be accepted or considered.