SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Support Government Sotware Upgrades
- Notice Date
- 1/14/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561990
— All Other Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NWWG9420MAM
- Response Due
- 2/14/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/1/2005
- Description
- The Department of Commerce/NOAA/National Weather Service/Radar Operations Center under the Authority of 41 USC 253(c)(1), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with DRS Weather Systems the current contractor for the review and implementation of changes to the Evansville, IN dopplar radar source code necessitated by Government software changes. The incumbent contractor designed and supplied a commercial off the shelf (COTS) radar. As the design agent the incumbent contractor developed the necessary software and maintains the only documented source code therefore, is the only source who could successfully complete the software upgrades determined by the Government for the dopplar radars including the Evansville radar unit. The mission of the Evansville radar is to supply usable weather radar data and interface this data to the NWS network of dopplar radars. As technology is infused into the NWS network by the Government and software changes are made (software builds) the Evansville radar source code must be reviewed and altered if necessary to maintain seamless data transfer with the NWS. This action is imperative to enable the delivered radar to maintain connectivity to the NWS network. The knowledge of the system and access to the software allows only the incumbent contractor to institute the required system alterations of software and hardware without the need to reverse engineer the system. This is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested companies may submit an affirmative response to the requirement within 15 days from the posting date of this notice to Mark.A.Miller @noaa.gov or FAX to 301-713-0806. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone requests will be honored. If the decision is made to negotiate with solely the named firm, no further announcement will be made prior to award.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Radar Operations Center, Bldg. South, 3200 Marshall Ave., Norman OK,
- Zip Code: 73072
- Zip Code: 73072
- Record
- SN00735129-W 20050116/050114211757 (fbodaily.com)
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