# Intent to Award Sole Source: Acoustical Society Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/iassafrlrmzb20270002 - Solicitation number: IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2027-0002 - Notice type: Special notice - Status: Closed. Deadline was October 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT - Department: Department of the Air Force - Agency: Department of the Air Force - Contracting office: FA2396 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL Pzle (FA2396) - NAICS: 813920 Professional Organizations - Product or service code: U005 Tuition, Registration, and Membership Fees - 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: October 8, 2026 - Last posted: October 8, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/64a6dad4e05c4a59ac68d2769c4fc4f5/view ## Description This requirement is for membership in The Acoustical Society of America (ASA). NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 813920 – Professional Organizations. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Strategies and Initiatives Contracting Division (RMZ), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, intends to award a sole source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.102(a) to The Acoustical Society of America (ASA). In order to comply with RFO 5.101(c)(4)(vii), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: The Acoustical Society of America (ASA), a subsidiary of the America Institute of Physics, is the only group that offers membership to this organization and enables 711 HPW/RHWS to play an active, voting role in critical standards committees that ultimately determine procedures that must be employed in critical USAF functions. In addition, they are the only group that can provide the appropriate publications to support ongoing scientific efforts in 711 HPW/RHWS. Please see attachment to this notice for additional details. This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources or authorized distributors may submit a capability statement that meets all the requirements in the attached Minimum Requirements Document (MRD) dated 05 August 2026, quotation, or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government via e-mail to Mr. Christof Olp-Weakland at christopher.olp-weakland@us.af.mil no later than Friday 23 October 2026 at 12:00pm Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “Notice of Intent to Award SS – Acoustical Society”. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or .xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments. Attachment(s): Statement of Work (SOW) Single Source Justification (SSJ) Redacted ## Attachments - [Statement of Work (SOW).docx](https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/8042eb135ac54a6497780176a40856a6/download) ## Open now in the same industry 2 open in NAICS 813920. - Fairbanks Morse EDG Owners Group (N64498-26-SIMACQ-PD-42-0343), due November 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n6449826simacqpd420343 - Biomedical Research Application Evaluation and Support (BRAES) (HT942727RE006), due December 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/ht942727re006 ## Publications - October 8, 2026: Special notice, due October 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 64a6dad4e05c4a59ac68d2769c4fc4f5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/64a6dad4e05c4a59ac68d2769c4fc4f5/view ## Points of contact - Christof Olp-Weakland, christopher.olp-weakland@us.af.mil, 9377139841 - Mike Hornberger, michael.hornberger.1@us.af.mil, 3856343854 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/iassafrlrmzb20270002.