NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE TO APEX INSTRUCTMENTS

Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 3 intends to make a sole-source, firm-fixed-price commercial award to Apex Instruments, Inc. for APEX AIR Pro monitoring-platform renewals and proprietary replacement gas cartridges. The requirement includes 25 one-year data starter-package renewals, one one-year administrator renewal, 11 nitrogen-dioxide cartridges, and 8 volatile-organic-compound cartridges, with an estimated total value of $41,000. This active notice invites capability information by November 3, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. EST to assess whether competition is appropriate; it explicitly states that it is not a request for competitive proposals and that no written solicitation will be issued.