# Thermal Vacuum Chamber and New Chiller Servicing and Installation Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa860125q0062 - Solicitation number: FA860125Q0062 - Notice type: Special notice - Status: Awarded to Abbess Instruments and Systems, Inc. - Department: Department of the Air Force - Agency: Department of the Air Force - Contracting office: FA8601 AFLCMC Pzio (FA8601) - NAICS: 332420 Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing - Product or service code: 6636 Environmental Chambers and Related Equipment - Place of performance: Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio - County: Greene County (FIPS 39057). https://abierto.us/counties/greene-county-oh-39057 - City: Wright-Patterson AFB. https://abierto.us/cities/wright-patterson-afb-oh-3986660 - First posted: April 8, 2025 - Last posted: April 8, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6aef4d1803f74acab765387d58daf6a2/view ## Description INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE United States Air Force, AFLCMC/PZIBA, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5344 This is a combined Sole Source Synopsis/Solicitation published for informational purposes only. This proposed action is for the acquisition of one (1) Thermal Vacuum Chamber and New Chiller Servicing and Installation for Wright Patterson Air Force Institute of Technology located at 2950 Hobson Way Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio 45433. It was determined that ABBESS Instruments and Systems, Inc. can meet the Government’s specifications in the attached Statement of Work (SOW). The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), resulting in a Firm-Fixed-Price contract. The proposed procurement will be a Sole Source under North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code #—332420 – Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 750 employees. The proposed source ABBESS Instruments and Systems, Inc., located at 75 October Hill Road, Holliston, MA. 01746 is the only vendor capable of fulfilling the requirements outlined in the SOW. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, quotation, or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government if received prior to the closing of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to comply with FAR 5.207(c)(15), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: ABBESS Instruments and Systems, Inc.is the only vendor capable of fulfilling the requirements outlined in the SOW for one (1) Thermal Vacuum Chamber. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the Government to award to ABBESS Instruments and Systems, Inc. Please see Attachment 2, Sole Source Justification, for more complete details. **Important Notice to Contractors:** All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Any information should be emailed to brian.algeo.1@us.af.mil. Only inquires/information received through email by this notice date will be considered. Be advised all correspondence sent via email shall contain a subject line that reads “Thermal Vacuum Chamber and New Chiller Servicing and Installation”. Note that email filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter emails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e.: .exe or .zip files). Also, be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with the email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .xls documents are sent. **Attachments:** Statement of Work (SOW) Sole Source Justification (SSJ) Redacted ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Abbess Instruments and Systems, Inc. (UEI KLW5QGTKXSM9) - Contract: FA860125P0085, purchase order - Obligated: $62,000.00 - Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received - Link: solicitation number FA860125Q0062 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8601 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA860125P0085_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - April 8, 2025: Special notice, due April 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 6aef4d1803f74acab765387d58daf6a2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6aef4d1803f74acab765387d58daf6a2/view ## Points of contact - Brian Algeo, brian.algeo.1@us.af.mil - Candice Snow, candice.snow@us.af.mil --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa860125q0062.