Summary
The U.S. Air Force Academy (10th Contracting Squadron, FA7000) has issued a Notice of Intent to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price purchase order to AB SCIEX LLC for a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Liquid Chromatography System bundle (ExionLC AE System, Item #5311309) to replace existing nonfunctional laboratory equipment. The required system must integrate natively with the academy's existing Sciex QTRAP 5500 Mass Spectrometer and be fully controlled by Sciex OS software. Although not a formal solicitation, all responsible sources that believe they can meet the salient characteristics may submit a capability statement or quotation by 2:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on July 7, 2026.