Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Daedalus Innovations Overburden Rock Core C

Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Daedalus Innovations Overburden Rock Core Cell.

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, the Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Daedalus Innovations to purchase the Overburden Rock Core Cell (DBCH-OXFORD MOUNT KIT) to assure satisfactory operation of the existing NETL owned GeoSpec 12/53 NMR Rock Core Analyzer.

This is considered a sole source to Daedalus Innovations because, to the best of the NETL’s knowledge, based on market research conducted Daedalus Innovations is the only known source that can be used with NETL’s existing GeoSpec 12/53 NMR Rock Core Analyzer. No known potential alternate sources exist which could satisfy NETL's requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal.

Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting the NETL requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement being requested by 5:00PM ET on March 25, 2026. Responses must be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist, Arturo Manantan via email at arturo.manantan@netl.doe.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be received.

A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.