SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- NEXRAD Klystron Repair Services
- Notice Date
- 12/6/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334411
— Electron Tube 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
- NWWG91601100432JAS
- Archive Date
- 12/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Jacquelyn A Shewmaker, Phone: (816)426-7462
- E-Mail Address
-
jackie.a.shewmaker@noaa.gov
(jackie.a.shewmaker@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET RESEARCH/SPECIAL NOTICE. The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to issue a fixed-price type contract for the evaluation, repair, and refurbishment of twenty (20) Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) klystrons for the National Reconditioning Center in Kansas City, MO. These repaired and refurbished klystrons shall meet the specified operational characteristics when installed in NEXRAD WSR-88D radars. The NEXRAD radar transmitter uses a high power Klystron amplifier to produce the radio frequency pulses used to detect weather data. Two versions of klystrons are used in the National Weather Service's (NWS's) NEXRAD radar transmitters: the Litton (now L-3 Communications) L-5782-20, and the Communication and Power Industries (CPI) VKS-8287(A). These klystrons conform to the NWS specification (Drawing) number 1213614, Revision C. Contractors interested in this acquisition must have the capacity to do all analytical repair and preparation for shipment of no less than 20 klystrons in a time span of one year; must have demonstrated experience in repairing klystrons; and must have full in-house capability to: Evaluate Klystrons, Repair Klystrons, and Conduct performance tests and document results. The period of performance is from the date of a contract award, which is anticipated to be on or about April, 2011, through 365 days thereafter. This is not a solicitation and no solicitation is available at this time. The purpose of this notice is to identify businesses that are capable of providing the required repair services. All interested parties must submit their company information to the attention of Jackie Shewmaker at Jackie.a.shewmaker@noaa.gov. Information must include brief supporting documentation to demonstrate that the company is capable of performing the klystron repair as described herein. The Eastern Acquisition Division requires that all contractors doing business with this Acquisition Office must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR please access the following website: 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 https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505. In addition, completion of the online representation and certifications application (ORCA) is required, and registration with Vets 100, located at https://vets100.vets.dol.gov. A decision as to whether this acquisition is set-aside for small business will depend upon responses to this announcement. The applicable NAICS code is 334411.
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