Summary
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has issued a Notice of Intent to Sole Source a service maintenance agreement to FEI Company (Thermo Fisher Scientific) for an Apreo2-C Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope and EDS UltraDry 60M (129 eV) instrument located at NETL. Under Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12 procedures, NETL determined that FEI Company is the only authorized original equipment manufacturer service provider in the United States for the Apreo 2C LoVac instrument, and intends to negotiate and award a sole-source purchase order without competition. Interested parties believing they can meet NETL's requirement must submit written evidence of their capability by 5:00 PM EDT on July 21, 2026 to the Contract Specialist.