SOLICITATION NOTICE
68 -- NOAA National Weather Service Helium Requirement
- Notice Date
- 1/27/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA133W-11-RQ-0203
- Point of Contact
- Tim Corrigan, Phone: 757-441-6897, Melissa R Sampson, Phone: 757-441-6561
- E-Mail Address
-
Tim.Corrigan@noaa.gov, melissa.r.sampson@noaa.gov
(Tim.Corrigan@noaa.gov, melissa.r.sampson@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The United States, Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has a requirement to provide delivery of 97.5% Grade B Helium to eleven (11) National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) in the Eastern Region of the United States. This requirement may result in single or multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts. The quantities of helium are best estimates of the WFO needs. There will be one 12-month base term and one 12-month option term. The base term's period of performance is March 1, 2011 through February 28, 2012. This procurement is being issued as a small business set-aside. The applicable NAICS Code is 325120, which has a corresponding size standard of 100 employees. The acquisition will be issued as a Request For Quote (RFQ) in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.5 -- Test Program for Certain Commercial Items; the RFQ will be issued on or about January 31, 2011 with proposals due on February 9, 2011 at 2:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time. The anticipated award date is February 21, 2011. The RFQ will be issued via electronic posting on the Federal Business Opportunity (FEDBIZOPPS) web page www.fedbizopps.gov. Hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor FedBizOpps for the release of the RFQ, specifications, drawings, and all subsequent amendments. The helium specification, BB-H-1168C, will be uploaded via www.fedbizopps.gov with the RFQ. Prospective offerors who are interested in submitting a proposal for this acquisition are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service and to be on the Interested Vendors List for this acquisition (see applicable tab within FedBizOpps where this synopsis is posted). Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at www.ccr.gov; offerors must also obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and provide it with the offer. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. For information concerning the acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Timothy J. Corrigan, Contract Specialist at Tim.Corrigan@noaa.gov or via telephone at (757) 441-6897.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/EA133W-11-RQ-0203/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02368059-W 20110129/110127234305-36c06c0ccf14225fc26281791a52b6e4 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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