SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Compact, Autonomous, Scanning Doppler Wind Lidar
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-02381
- Archive Date
- 7/16/2012
- Point of Contact
- Susan L Labovitz, Phone: (303) 497-7943, Mark Caban, Phone: 303-497-6875
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.labovitz@noaa.gov, mark.caban@noaa.gov
(susan.labovitz@noaa.gov, mark.caban@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR QUOTES AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. In preparation for a future procurement, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is performing market research to determine potential sources. Based on market research results, NOAA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses. This announcement is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed price contract. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing) and the small business size standard is 500 employees. No solicitation exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will most likely appear on the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov) as a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. Requirement: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is issuing this sources-sought announcement as part of a market survey for a commercially available compact, autonomous, Doppler wind lidar instrument. NOAA is planning to purchase such an instrument for a year-long deployment at a field study aimed at improving regional-scale greenhouse gas flux estimation techniques. The Doppler lidar will provide continuous observations of wind speed, direction, and turbulent velocity-variance profiles within the boundary layer (the lowest 1 - 2 km of the atmosphere) at 15-min time resolution. This data will fill a critical gap in the study's observational network and will be crucial in interpreting the other observations and assessing model performance. The results of this work will help improve the ability to quantify greenhouse gas emissions, thereby directly addressing NOAA's long-term climate objective of "Improved scientific understanding of the changing climate system and its impacts" as outlined in NOAA's Next Generation Strategic Plan. The candidate Doppler lidar instrument must meet the following minimum requirements: • The instrument has to provide line-of-sight wind speed and intensity data at 2 Hz or faster. • The processing gate size has to be 30 m or shorter. • The laser pulse width needs to be 200 ns or shorter. • Full hemispheric scanning is required. • The instrument must be eye safe at the beam aperture. • The system must operate in a continuous scan mode (as opposed to step and stare). • The instrument must have a sealed environmental enclosure and has to operate under ambient temperatures ranging from -15 to + 40 C. • The system has to operate autonomously and needs to be remotely controllable via an internet connection. • The system must have a real-time processor that calculates and displays range resolved estimates of line-of-sight velocity and intensity. • Types of data displays required :  AScope : single beam line plot  RTI : Range-time indicator displays  Polar : Displays for scanning data • The system must have an automatic scan queue capability (that can be controlled via the internet). • The instrument needs to have a minimum one-year warranty. Award is anticipated by mid July and the Doppler lidar instrument has to be delivered to NOAA by 15 September 2012. To meet this deadline, manufacturer lead time needs to be approximately 10 weeks or less. Qualification Statement Reponse: Your firm's response to this Synopsis shall include the following information: 1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number and email address. 2. Firm's interest in quoting on the solicitation when it is issued. 3. Firm's capability to meet the specifications. 4. Evidence of firm's capability to execute and successful performance of comparable work in the past (data examples, number of instruments sold, list of customers). 5. Firm's small business category and business size. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be eligible to receive an award from any future Government solicitation. For additional information, please visit the CCR website at htts://www.bpn.gov/ccr/. You must be registered in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) to be eligible to receive a future award from any Government solicitation. For additional information, please visit the ORCA website at https//orca.bpn.gov. Any interested firms should submit capability statement with information that clearly demonstrated their capabilities to provide the equipment described above in reference to RFI RFI-02381. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to the Sources Sought Synopsis. These capability statements are merely an aid to NOAA's market research efforts. NOAA will consider all comments, supportive or critical, but may or may not use these individual comments. Qualification Statements will be treated separately from, and will have no bearing on, any subsequent evaluation of proposals submitted in response to any resulting future formal Request for Quotes. NOAA will not pay for information or comments provided and will not recognize any costs associated with submission of comments. Respondents are advised that NOAA is under no obligation to provide respondents with any feedback on the information received. Responses to the above should be submitted to Susan Labovitz at 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 or to susan.labovitz@noaa.gov no later than 3:00 PM MDT, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD FOR RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS. Point of Contact: Susan Labovitz, 303-497-7943
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Unknown, United States
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