66--Large Area Detector

The United States Geological Survey intends to make a non-competitive firm fixed price award to Oxford Instruments located in Concord, MA. The Government requires an upgrade to existing equipment. The Oxford Max150 detector is compatible with our existing (and recently upgraded) Oxford software. No other firm can provide a detector compatible with existing Government hardware and software. Oxford Instruments maintains proprietary data rights to their equipment and software and have no authorized resellers. All interested parties must include the following: Submission of Questions and Quotes: In accordance with FAR 5.207(c)(16)(i) all responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. All Submission of questions and quotes shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to the Contracting Officer Gerald Lewandowski at [email protected]. All questions must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than 03:00pm EST on June 9, 2017. Questions and quotes by hardcopy or the FedConnect web portal or Fed Connect Message Center shall not be accepted or considered. NOTE: All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary - the Government will not pay for information requested 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. This notice and any resulting in a solicitation or purchase order conforms to the requirements in place through FAC 2005-95, dated 19 Jan 2017. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance manufacturing, size standard $20.5m