SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- ACOUSTIC RELEASES
- Notice Date
- 4/21/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- 14-01837
- Archive Date
- 5/20/2014
- Point of Contact
- Natasha, Phone: 7574416526
- E-Mail Address
-
natasha.wilson@noaa.gov
(natasha.wilson@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Government intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis with Edgeone, LLC, 4 Little Brook Road, West Wareham, MA 02576, for the following requirement: The requirement is intended to provide ten (10) Model 8242XS acoustic release and transponder with welded alkaline battery pack with shipping, for NOAA, National Data Buoy Center, Building 3203 Stennis Space Center, MS 39529. Solicitation number is 14-01837. Time of delivery is thirty (30) days after receipt of order. Deliver to NOAA, National Data Buoy Center, Building 3203 Stennis Space Center, MS 39529. In order to comply with the debt collection act of 1966, all contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Authority: 41 USC 253(c) (1). The Product Service Code (PSC) for this is 6605. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334511 which has a corresponding size standard of 750 employees. The government intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order for this requirement using FAR 13 Simplified Acquisition procedures current through FAC 2005-72. The NDBC uses EdgeTech acoustic releases (models 8242 & 8242XS) that are used between the TAO and DART programs. The advantage to have a single type of release used over every program is the spares can be shared across programs, only one type of deck control set is required, and the technicians only require training on one unit. Hence, this increases reliability and reduces costs to the NDBC. There are other manufacturers of the acoustic releases that require their specific deck set to program and activate them. The NDBC already has an inventory of EdgeTech deck sets so no further costs is required to purchase additional deck sets. Further, any new model of acoustic release would have to go through laboratory and field testing before it was commissioned for operational use due to the potential loss of equipment with the failure of one release. The operational commissioning can take a minimum of one year and become costly. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.301(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by 1:00 PM EDT, May 5, 2014 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement 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 in the future. Evidence must be provided of ability to provide the required supplies. Responses to this notice, if any, must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Natasha.Thieman@noaa.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/14-01837/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: BUILDING 3203, STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Mississippi, 39259, United States
- Zip Code: 39259
- Zip Code: 39259
- Record
- SN03344127-W 20140423/140421234614-37ec04ef6cd001574857ae646eb3e335 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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