Notice of proposed sole source for a mill

Weber State University is issuing a sole‑source notice to award a contract for a milling machine that must be compatible with ten existing Kent lathes (with ACI‑RITE DRO203/DRO‑304 configurations) used by its College of Engineering. The university has identified New Vision Machine Tools, LLC as the only source and is soliciting any interested and qualified vendors to submit a formal challenge with supporting documentation. If no valid challenges are received by the deadline, the university will proceed to award the contract without competition. The contract value is estimated at $232,400 for the equipment, with freight prepaid. No product‑line or service‑line items are detailed beyond the generic “mill.” • Scope: Supply a milling machine compatible with specific DRO hardware for educational use. • Estimated value: $232,400 (equipment cost). • Deadline: Challenges must be submitted by 10 Oct 2026 14:00 MDT (21 Oct 2026, 2 PM MDT). • No prerequisites; only a single contact (Richard Badger) for submissions.