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Intent to Sole Source Instron 34TM-50

USDA-FS, CSA EAST 6 · Missoula, Montana

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Response status

Historical record

Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 19, 2026
Archive date
Sep 9, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • USDA-FS, CSA EAST 6 published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is Missoula, Montana.
  • The notice uses NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
c79b7d90d2ae4f8a8d3f1ca313e55c75
Solicitation
1173707
Base type
Special Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
1173707
NAICS
334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
PSC
6635 — PHYSICAL PROPERTIES TESTING AND INSPECTION
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Aug 19, 2026
Responses due
Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 9, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Aug 29, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
—
Subagency
Forest Service
Subagency code
—
Office
USDA-FS, CSA EAST 6
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
Atlanta, GA, 303092449, USA
Place of performance
Missoula, Montana
City code
—
State
Montana
State code
MT
Postal code
—
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

This acquisition involves the purchase of an Instron 34TM-50 Universal Test Machine. These tests are used in the qualified product testing specifications done for the wildland fire chemical systems testing protocol. These test support wildfire readiness and response and inform operation and maintenance cycles on fixed and rotary winged aircraft use for aerial fire suppression.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$62,425
Median$101,186
High end (p75)$157,560
Comparable awards
15
Median
$101,186
Computed
Aug 22, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
MAGNETIC IMAGER. MOD P00003 - THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCORPORATE CLAUSE 5REGULA FORENSICS INC$56,000.00Jul 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETER (MSP). MOD P00001 - THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCORPOANGSTROM SUN TECHNOLOGIES INC$212,200.00Jul 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CONTACT ANGLE GONIOMETER. MOD P00001 - THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCORPORATEDATAPHYSICS INSTRUMENTS USA CORP.$102,574.10Jul 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
#4763 INCUCYTE S3 FOR NEUROSCIENCE HD/2CLR SYSTEM PACKAGE REPLACED BY NEW PART #4788 INCUCSAMYAK SOLUTIONS, INC.$86,256.73Aug 14, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
P00002 - COR CHANGE MODFEDERAL RESOURCES SUPPLY COMPANY, LLC$258,624.24Jun 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION OF JEOL 500 NMRJEOL USA, INC.$68,850.00Aug 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
15 HYDROGEN GENERATORS FOR GCMS TESTINGGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$271,536.30Jul 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THIS FIRM FIXED PRICED PURCHASE ORDER IS TO PROCURE LAFAYETTE LX6 INSTRUMENTS FROM THE LAFLAFAYETTE INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LLC$94,780.00May 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE OF ONE (1) LEAD PAINT ANALYZER.SCIAPS, INC$24,675.00May 14, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MALVERN PANALYTICAL ZETASIZER ULTRA EO 14398SAMYAK SOLUTIONS, INC.$101,186.40Jun 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
REAGENTS COMPATIBLE WITH THE OLINK PROXIMITY EXTENSION ASSAY (PEA) TO CONDUCT ANALYSIS OF OLINK PROTEOMICS INC$102,871.11May 6, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THIS AWARD PROVIDES CERTIFIED SCALES AND WEIGHTS USED FOR ACCURATE WEIGHING OF CONTROLLED METTLER-TOLEDO LLC$13,386.17Sep 18, 202547Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DEOBLIGATE AND CLOSEOUT CONTRACTCEPHEID$232,950.00May 19, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CSU SIEMENS COAGULATION ANALYZER SERVICES AND SUPPLIES OBLIGATED AMOUNT $24,484.47SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.$24,484.47Jul 29, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FEMTOSECOND LASEREKSPLA-USA INC$102,920.00Jun 3, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 21, 2026Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 PM UTCd8ca772851182f22
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC5054b22dedd5aa9b

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 29, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 15 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 22, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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