SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- PROVIDE SATELLITE-LINKED DATA ARCHIVAL TAGS TO STUDY MOVEMENTS AND HAUL-OUT BEHAVIOR OF ARCTIC ICE SEALS
- Notice Date
- 8/12/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-9-754
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2009
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Phone: (206) 526-6226
- E-Mail Address
-
randall.w.brown@noaa.gov
(randall.w.brown@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO PURCHASE 37 WILDLIFE COMPUTERS INC. BRAND SATELLITE-LINKED DATA ARCHIVAL TAGS. TAGS WILL BE USED TO STUDY THE MOVEMENTS AND HAUL-OUT BEHAVIOR OF ARCTIC ICE SEALS. SATELLITE TAGS MUST BE ABLE TO OPERATE TO A MAXIMAL DEPTH OF 1000 METERS AND TRANSMIT ONLY WHEN THE ANTENNA IS CLEAR OF WATER. THE TRANSMISSIONS MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH ARGOS SATELLITE SYSTEM. IN ADDITION TO LOCATION DATA VIA THE ARGOS SYSTEM, THESE TAGS MUST PROVIDE DATA ON HAUL-OUT EHAVIOR. DATA MUST INCLUDE HOURLY VALUES OF PERCENT TIME SPENT OUT OF THE WATER. TAGS SHALL PROVIDE DATA ON DIVE DURATION, DIVE DEPTH, AND THE NUMBER OF DIVES. TRANSMISSIONS MUST ALSO INCLUDE STATUS MESSAGES FOR BATTERY VOLTAGE, THE NUMBER OF TRANSMISSIONS SENT, AND THE CURRENT TIME ACCORDING TO THE INTERNAL CLOCK. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN PROVIDE EQUIPMENT THAT FULLY MEETS THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505. ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AT HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV.
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