SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- MOORING ELECTROMECHANICAL HOSE ASSEMBLY
- Notice Date
- 4/3/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component 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
- NRMAF0001201893KLC
- Archive Date
- 4/10/2012
- 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, NOAA, Eastern Region Acquisition Division-Kansas City, MO (ERAD-KC) and the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) intend to negotiate on a sole source basis under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) with EOM Offshore, LLC for the purchase of three (3) each 50 feet Mooring Electromechanical Hose Assembly, which is an elastic mooring embedded copper conductors. EOM Offshore is the only known manufacturer that can provide an elastic mooring hose that meets the Government's requirements. This is a bungee-like cord with electrical wires coiled inside designed to moor meteorological buoys and allow information and power to be transferred from the top of the buoy to instruments down below. The reinforced rubber stretch hose was developed for mooring systems that require a stable platform for sensors or acoustics. It can stretch to two and half times its original length and services as a highly effective and robust mechanical isolator between the surface buoy and the quiet low mooring section. The hose construction makes use of elastomer-synthetic composite technology for elasticity and strength and also has eight numbers 22 electrical conductors built into it to allow signals and power to be transmitted along its length. This is not a request for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. However, all responses received within 7 calendar days after date of publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. The Government reserves the right to solicit bids based on the receipt of affirmative responses to this notice or issue an order to EOM Offshore, LLC, whichever is determined to be more advantageous to the Government without further notice. EOM Offshore is a company spawned from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and they have developed this method of mooring buoys and coupling them to seabed instrumentation. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The NAICS code for this action is 335999. All contractors doing business with the ERAD-KC must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) or certification with the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). This is a Government initiative that was designed by the Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) to replace the paper Representations and Certifications (Reps & Certs) process. For more information and to register, please access the following website: http://www.bpn.gov. In order to register with the CCR offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet number. For information and to register, please access the following website: http://www.ccr.gov/.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. This notice is hereby issued as RFQ NRMAF0001201893KLC.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB, 4840 SOUTH STATE STREET, ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 48018, United States
- Zip Code: 48018
- Zip Code: 48018
- Record
- SN02712942-W 20120405/120403235911-da89f348dfc795744d822357106c058c (fbodaily.com)
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