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The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) hereby publicizes its intention to solicit, negotiate, and award a Non-Commercial, Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order o... The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) hereby publicizes its intention to solicit, negotiate, and award a Non-Commercial, Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a noncompetitive basis with Axalume, Inc. The requirement is for the purchase of the following: ITEM 0001: Ax_SPA2; Axalume Photonic Chip Manufacturer: Axalume, Inc. QTY: 1 The chip will be fabricated and delivered to the government as part of the chip-scale entangled photon source (C-SEPS) effort quantum integrated device deliverable. The current effort will be pursued using the authority of 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(5), as implemented by FAR 6.302-5: Authorized or Required by Statute. Per the SBIR/STTR instructions released by the SBA, the Government will seek to award non-competitively to the incumbent for the final phase of this research effort (SBIR Phase III). Recipient (Axalume) is an NSF Phase II SBIR awardee; as such it has the right to receive sole-source funding agreements, contracts, and subcontracts form the federal government as per the SBIR Reauthorization Act as well as the SBA SBIR/STTR Policy Directive. A determination by the government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the government. However, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The applicable NAICS Code is 334516 and the business size standard is 1000 (# of employees). The point of contact for this announcement is Casey Carlson at casey.carlson2@navy.mil. Be advised that the aforementioned information is anticipatory in nature and is not binding. A copy of the Request for Quote will be made available upon request. Any comments, questions or concerns regarding this notice may be submitted via e-mail to casey.carlson2@navy.mil by 16 SEP 2020 at 1700 PST. Questions by phone or fax will not be considered.