SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES)
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division-KC, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NRMAD000914217KLC
- Archive Date
- 9/1/2009
- Point of Contact
- Karen L Christian, Phone: (816)426-7286
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.l.christian@noaa.gov
(karen.l.christian@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AMOL), located in Miami, FL, intends to establish a fixed-price purchase order for the following items: 1) 2 ea 6.2 Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES); 2) 1 ea 6.2 CPIES; 3) 2 ea Rigid Stand ; and 4) 1 ea Increase Battery Pack. The PIES is a complex oceanographic instrument that will be used to make long term, in situ, measurements of the thermal properties of the ocean. Barotropic pressure variations may be measured with the sensor. When configured with a current meter (CPIES), it also measures horizontal current velocity (i.e. speed and direction) at a single point up to 50 meters above the sea floor. The instrument is deployed from a ship at the site of interest where it sinks to the bottom of the ocean and must remain there for periods of up to five (5) years while it acquires and logs the data. While on ocean bottom, the C/PIES periodically transmits an acoustic pulse, which travels from the bottom of the ocean to the surface and then back to the bottom where it is detected by the instrument. The time it takes for this acoustic pulse to return to the instrument is very accurately measured and stored in the onboard memory for later analysis. The travel time is a strong function of the tides, currents, and thermal structure in the water above the instrument and much can be inferred about the processes going on in the ocean from these data. NOAA/AMOL has acquired several of these instruments in recent years from the University of Rhode Island (URI) and plans to acquire one additional system. The URI is the only known manufacturer of these systems and is the only contractor that has the extensive knowledge and experience required to build field proven CPIES'. NOAA/AMOL has acquired all the supporting equipment needed to prepare, troubleshoot, maintain, operate, and communicate with the URI CPIES. To change contractors would require an expensive duplication of effort and resources. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. Interested parties may identify their interests and capabilities to respond to the requirement or submit a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive responses. However, all responses received within 10 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. Interested firms shall include in writing, the company name, address, point of contact, telephone number, and business size along with a statement regarding their capabilities and qualifications, including any additional supporting literature. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334511. Offerors may send their proposal to email address karen.l.christian@noaa.gov or fax to 816-274-6952 ATTN: Karen Christian. All responsible sources may submit a quote which will be considered by the Agency. All contractors doing business with the Central Region Acquisition Division (CRAD) must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). For information and to register, please access the following website: http://www.ccr.gov/. In order to register with the CCR offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Atlantic Oceanographic & Meterological Lab, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida, 33149, United States
- Zip Code: 33149
- Zip Code: 33149
- Record
- SN01922217-W 20090823/090822003728-3169f4751689ed9ec483bc3043f5373b (fbodaily.com)
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