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Special notice

Equipment Move/Relocation and Preventative Maintenance of Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) FEI Tecnai 12 Spirit

36C24E26R0020

Department of Veterans Affairs, Rpo East. Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance.

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Awarded

Fei Company

$60,660.00 obligated so far on USAspending

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This one was awarded in 2026

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

Pre-Solicitation Notice for the notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. Regional Procurement Office (RPO) - East intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Thermo Fisher Scientific, LLC, located at 275 Aiken Road, Asheville, North Carolina, for the J VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS - Seattle) for equipment moving/relocation/calibration and preventative maintenance services. Background: Requirement is to move the FEI transmission electron microscope (TEM) Tecnai G2 Spirit from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), New York, New York, to VAPSHCS in Seattle, WA. The services consist of two requirements: 1) preparing the TEM for shipping, unpacking TEM, re-assembling TEM and 2) Annual comprehensive maintenance service for one (1) year. Thermo Fisher Scientific s electron microscopic division was formerly FEI Company, the original manufacturer of the FEI transmission electron microscope (TEM) Tecnai 12 Spirit. The FEI Company is now a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific. No other company has the expertise to perform the 1st part of the contract disassembly and reassembly. All services must be provide by OEM certified technicians who have previous experience with the Tecnai G2 Spirit. Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to SAM.gov Contract Opportunities. The applicable NAICS code is 811210 Electonic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with a $34.0M size standard. The PSC is J066. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only One Responsible source, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at millicent.covert@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Fei Company
UEI
CL4ELDSNT465
CAGE
1FJ95
Vendor location
Hillsboro, OR
Contract
36C24E26C0008, definitive contract
Obligated
$60,660.00
Actions
1 between September 11, 2026 and September 11, 2026
Competition
Not Competed, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Transmission Electron Microscope (Tem) Fei Tecnai 12 Spirit Testing, Disassembly, Reassembly and Final Testing Services
Match
solicitation number 36C24E26R0020 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C24E (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. July 22, 2026

    Special notice

    Due July 29, 2026 at 11:59 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 3c3dae9867d049eda4b5a40a93582860

    1 revisions on SAM
    • July 22, 2026: publish, special notice

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