SPECIAL NOTICE
59 -- PROVIDE SEA-BIRD BRAND ATLAS CONDUCTIVITY CELL IN CELL TRAY AND ATLAS CONDUCTIVITY BOARDS
- Notice Date
- 8/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334119
— Other Computer Peripheral 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-9-1072
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2009
- 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 NEGOTIATE SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH SEA-BIRD ELECTRONICS INC. PURPOSE OF CONTRACT IS TO PURCHASE 100 EACH ATLAS CONDUCTIVITY CELLS AND 100 EACH ATLAS CONDUCTIVITY BOARDS. THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE USED IN SURFACE MOORINGS TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE, CONDUCTIVITY, AND PRESSURE PROFILES OF THE WATER COLUMN. THESE SENSORS ARE USED WITH A PMEL DESIGNED SYSTEM THAT TELEMETERS THESE MEASUREMENTS THROUGH THE ARGOS SATELLITE SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATION. THE PMEL LABORATORY'S SUBSURFACE AND SURFACE MOORING SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE ARE DESIGNED AROUND THE USE OF SEA-BIRD CONDUCTIVITY CELLS. SEABIRD ALSO MANUFACTURES THE ONLY INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED ON A BUOY MEASURING PLATFORM THAT REQUIRE THE SEABIRD INDUCTIVE PROTOCOL, WHICH IS USED BY PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE BUOY CONDUCTIVITY AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS. THESE PARTICIPATING AGENCIES INCLUDE THE NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER (NDBC), AND THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE. 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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