SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Modification and use of Crittercam underwater digital video recorder/controller units
- Notice Date
- 8/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA-Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2570 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822-2396, United States
- ZIP Code
- 96822-2396
- Solicitation Number
- PIFSC-9-18519
- Archive Date
- 9/17/2009
- Point of Contact
- Bonnie Oshiro, Phone: 8089835356
- E-Mail Address
-
bonnie.oshiro@noaa.gov
(bonnie.oshiro@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOAA IS ISSUING NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(B)(1) WITH THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (NGS) FOR THE MODIFICATION OF TWO NGS CRITTERCAM UNDERWATER DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER/CONTROLLER UNITS AND THE USE OF THE UNITS FOR FIELD WORK. INTERESTED PARTIES MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND MUST PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THEIR CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPARABLE EQUIPMENT AND/OR SERVICES. THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE REMOTE IMAGING GROUP OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (NGS) DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED THE CRITTERCAM UNDERWATER DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER/CONTROLLER. NGS CREATED AND MAINTAINS THE ENGINEERING SCHEMATICS, DRAWINGS AND OTHER MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTATION (INTERNAL COMPANY DOCUMENTS) REQUIRED TO INTEGRATE AND ASSEMBLE THIS UNIQUE UNDERWATER INSTRUMENT. NGS IS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED SOURCE TO IMPLEMENT ENGINEERING MODIFICATIONS ON THE CRITTERCAM TO ENABLE INTEGRATION OF GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED LOW-LIGHT MARINE CAMERAS WITH THE SYSTEM. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S CRITTERCAM SYSTEMS ARE UNIQUE RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS WORN BY WILD ANIMALS. THE SYSTEMS ALLOW SCIENTISTS TO STUDY THE ANIMALS' BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY. CRITTERCAMS ALLOW VIDEO AND SOUND RECORDING AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTION (SUCH AS DEPTH, TEMPERATURE, AND ACCELERATION READINGS). MARINE CRITTERCAMS ARE SMALL STREAMLINED WATER- AND PRESSURE-PROOF SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE RECORDING EQUIPMENT, AUTONOMOUS START FEATURES AND TIME INDEXING. 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 SOURCES SOUGHT. 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. NO FURTHER SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. 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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