# NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE EDAX PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0024425qs074

- Solicitation number: N0024425QS074
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: NAVSUP FLT Log CTR San Diego (N00244)
- NAICS: 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Product or service code: AJ15 General Science & Technology R&D Svcs; General Science & Technology; R&D Facilities & Maj Equip
- Place of performance: Monterey, California
- County: Monterey County (FIPS 06053). https://abierto.us/counties/monterey-county-ca-06053
- City: Monterey. https://abierto.us/cities/monterey-ca-0648872
- First posted: July 31, 2025
- Last posted: July 31, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6b087fd27c2f4ee6941a0c7f8222fa72/view

## Description

This sole source requirement is for Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) EDAX, LLC. (EBSD) and supporting hardware and software annual preventative maintenance (not replacement) of two detectors: an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and an electron backscatter diffractometer (EBSD) and supporting hardware and software. The EDS, EBSD detectors, and supporting hardware and software are manufactured by companies such as Bruker, Oxford Instruments, and EDAX.

The instruments, however, are not compatible with each other in terms of hardware and software. The EDAX detectors are proprietary, this is both the instruments themselves as well as the communications boards that go into the support computer and the software used to control the detectors. A qualified EDAX technician is required to install software updates and to perform the calibrations required during annual servicing of the detectors.

Technicians from Bruker and Oxford, though proficient, would not have the adequate experience with EDAX hardware and software to complete the necessary calibrations. No other vendor other than EDAX is capable of fulfilling this requirement in a manner that would ensure operational functions. The purchase of inadequate service would risk research and damage to the existing equipment which directly supports student and staff development.

## Publications

- July 31, 2025: Special notice, due August 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 6b087fd27c2f4ee6941a0c7f8222fa72. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6b087fd27c2f4ee6941a0c7f8222fa72/view

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