H-NOI - Maintenance service agreement for MIRA4 SEM

Notice of Intent/Special Notice This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to award a Purchase order with Tescan USA Warrendale, Pennsylvania for a 1 year maintenance service agreement for a MIRA4 Gms Scanning Electron Microscope as described in the attached statement of work Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Tescan USA is, to the USGS knowledge, the only source who can provide the service maintenance contract because they are the only company authorized to work on Tescan MIRA4 GMS scanning electron microscopes. The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.203. This notice of intent is not a requ