FDM 3D Printer

1. GENERAL INFORMATION THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUEST FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market research. Notice ID: FA500026J6048, FDM 3DPRINTER Document Type: Sources Sought Notice NAICS Code: 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Size Standard: 750 Employees Product Service Code (PSC): 3610 Printing, Duplicating, and Bookbinding Equipment Response Date: 4 September 2026, 1:00 PM AKDT / 4:00 PM EST, 7 Days from Posting Point of Contact (POC): Jarod L. Lemke, Email: [email protected], and/or John F. Gosh, Jr., Email: [email protected]. 2. DISCLAIMER & PURPOSE This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for market research, information, and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Quotations (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The Government is seeking to identify capable sources, particularly small businesses (including 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, HubZone Small Businesses, and Women-Owned Small Businesses), that can provide a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) 3D printer system meeting the strict logistical, electrical, and technical requirements outlined below. 3. STATEMENT OF NEED & SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS The Government has a requirement for an expeditionary, high-resolution, industrial-grade Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) / Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printer. The printer must be deployable to environmentally controlled home-stations and packaged/transported in standard ISU-90 Storage Containers without exceeding weight or spatial clearance envelopes. The system must meet or exceed the following minimum technical specifications: A. Electrical & Power Requirements Input Voltage: Must operate on standard North American utility power: 110 120V / 50 60Hz. Maximum Power Draw: Must not exceed 20 Amps of operating current to ensure compatibility with standard 120V standard household/office wall outlets without tripping a standard breaker. B. Physical Dimensions & Logistical Constraints Maximum Machine Footprint: Physical dimensions of the overall system must not exceed 72 in. (Height) x 36 in. (Width) x 36 in. (Depth) (182.88cm 91.44cm 91.44cm). This is a strict constraint for compatibility with ISU-90 transport pack-out profiles and narrow doorway access. Minimum Build Area: Must have a build volume of at least 10 in. x 10 in. x 10 in. (25.4cm 25.4cm 25.4cm) on the X, Y, and Z axes. Maximum Build Area: Build volume must not exceed 16 in. x 16 in. x 16 in. (40.64cm 40.64cm 40.64cm) to optimize thermal control within the electrical limits. C. Thermal & Environmental Control Build Chamber: Must feature a fully enclosed, actively heated build chamber surrounding both the build plate and the extrusion nozzles to precisely regulate cooling rates, mitigate thermal gradient stresses, and prevent warping or dimensional inaccuracies. Build Surface Adhesion: Must utilize a heated build plate, specialized bed surfaces, physical adhesion aids (e.g., build sheets or specialized coatings), and/or integrated slicer-based adhesion controls (e.g., rafts/brims) to prevent high-shrinkage engineering plastics from lifting. D. Extrusion & Mechanical Capabilities Dual Extrusion & Auto-Changeover: Must feature dual-extrusion capability with automatic model-to-support filament changeover to enable long-duration, uninterrupted printing. Extrusion Tips: Must utilize easily exchangeable extrusion tips or modular hotends in the print head to adjust for different resolution demands and abrasive materials. Dedicated Tool Heads: Must provide dedicated, optimized print heads/modules for: Standard Thermoplastics Composite materials (specifically Carbon Fiber-filled filaments) Elastomeric materials Calibration: Must possess an onboard, automated calibration routine (such as automatic Z-off…