Intent to Sole Source: AFIT - High Finesse WS8-2 Wavemeter
Special Notice from Department of Defense.
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Notice details
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Sub-tier agency
- DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Solicitation number
- FA860127Q0014
- Product/service code
- 6650
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Posted
- Oct 24, 2026
- Response deadline
- Nov 6, 2026
- Source
- SAM.gov
Description
INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The United States Air Force, AFLCMC/PZIBA, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5344 publishes this notice of intent to award a sole source contract for informational purposes only. This proposed action is for the acquisition of a wavemeter for the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) located at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of RFO 6.103-1(b), �One responsible source. Agencies may contract without providing for full and open competition when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements,� resulting in a firm fixed price contract. The reason for lack of competition is as follows: The proposed vendor, Toptica Photonics Inc., is the only known source able to satisfy the Government's requirements. No other vendor has developed a wavemeter to the precision of Toptica's WS8-2. The primary factor in choosing this wavemeter is its capability to reliably measure a wavelength to <2 MHz. Other companies produce wavemeters that can be as low as 20 MHz in precision, but only Toptica guarantees accuracy down to 2 MHz. For this reason Toptica is the only company that meets all of the requirements. Both AFIT and contracting personnel utilized subject matter experts with experience for this requirement and vendor outreach but were unable to find other
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NAICS 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.
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