SOURCES SOUGHT
19 -- ATLAS Buoy System for National Weather Service (NWS), NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) - Drawing/Specifications
- Notice Date
- 5/29/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325211
— Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region-National Data Buoy Center, National Data Buoy Center, Building 1007 - Procurement Team, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 39529-6000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 39529-6000
- Solicitation Number
- EA-133W-14-RQ-0471
- Point of Contact
- Kurt Charles Weilbaecher, Phone: 228-688-2825, Brendon Johnson, Phone: 757-441-3344
- E-Mail Address
-
kurt.weilbaecher@noaa.gov, brendon.johnson@noaa.gov
(kurt.weilbaecher@noaa.gov, brendon.johnson@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Buoy Drawing/Specifications This Sources Sought/Request for Information (RFI) notice is for planning purposes only and is issued in accordance with FAR Provision 52.215-3 provided at: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/current html/52_215.html#wp1144503. No solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or to issue a solicitation. In addition, the Government is under no obligation to pay for information submitted in response to this RFI, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information that the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The applicable NAICS Code is 325211 - Plastic Material and Resin Manufacturing, which has a corresponding size standard of 750 employees. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ; not a pre-solicitation notice or solicitation for proposals/quotations. Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to: (1) determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists; (2) determine if commercial items suitable to meet the agency's needs are available or could be modified to meet the agency's requirements and (3) determine the commercial practices of company's engaged in providing the needed service or supply. Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action. The Eastern Region Acquisition Division (ERAD) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) 200 Granby Street, Suite 800, Norfolk, VA 23510, is seeking information from potential sources for the National Weather Service (NWS), National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), to identify sources capable of providing 15 each fiberglass/urethane foam buoys. The specification drawing is attached to this Sources Sought Notice and is subject to revision at the sole discretion of the Government. Interested parties are expected to review this Notice and the design specification to become familiar with the requirement. The specification drawing located in this Notice is subject to revision. If a solicitation is issued, all revised documents will be included in the solicitation package. NOAA contemplates award of firm fixed-price contract and the anticipated delivery time to build a total of fifteen (15) foam buoys is 60 calendar days after receipt of order. Background Information: The TAO buoy system, called "ATLAS buoy system" was developed in the early l980s to measure upper ocean heat content and surface meteorological parameters in support of air-sea interaction studies in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Since that time, the array has been the centerpiece of an international climate study with nearly 70 surface buoys in the TAO array spanning the Pacific from approximately 8°N to 8°S from longitudes 137°E to 95°W. The moorings and data system have proven to be robust and reliable but have changed little from the original design, which was limited by the technology available at the time. NOAA requires these buoys to repair NDBC's Tropical Atmosphere/Ocean Array (TAO) of buoys in order to maintain NDBC's operational readiness and ability to maintain key stations within the TAO network. The current TAO network consists of 70 moorings in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, telemetering oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system. The array is a major component of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Observing System, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Support is provided primarily by the United States (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and Japan (Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology) with additional contributions from France (Institute de recherché pour le development). Capability Statement Objectives and Requirements: This request is issued for the purpose of exchanging information to improve the understanding of industry capabilities, thereby allowing potential offerors to judge whether or how they can satisfy the Government's requirements, and enhancing the Government's ability to obtain these buoys, at reasonable cost and price, and increase efficiency in proposal preparation, proposal evaluation, negotiation, and contract award. Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information. The NOAA-National Weather Service (NWS), National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) is seeking the following information: a. Name of Company, Address and DUNS Number or CAGE Code; b. Point of Contact and Phone Number; c. A statement regarding current size of the company under the North American Classification System Code (NAICS), 325211, Plastic Material and Resin Manufacturing, which has a corresponding size standard of 750 employees? The applicable NAICS code of 325211 must be included in the vendor's NAICS listing within the System for Award Management (SAM) for NOAA to verify your size status; d. Type of End Product (i.e., Domestic End Product, Foreign End Product, or Other) and Origin; e. Corporate affiliations, potential joint venture partners, teaming partners, and/or major subcontractor information must be provided with your information; f. Commercial market information and practices applicable to this supply; g. Confirm that your company can provide all of the supplies listed in the Statement of Work/Design Specification, dated September 25, 2013; h. A positive statement of your intent to submit an offer as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. Responses to this RFI are due via email to kurt.weilbaecher@noaa.gov no later than June 6, 2014 at 4:00 p.m (Central Time). Provide all responses in MSWord 2000 (or later version) or Adobe.pdf. Only electronic submissions will be allowed or by the below fax number. Point of Contact is Kurt Weilbaecher, Contract Specialist at (228) 688-2825 or kurt.weilbaecher@noaa.gov. Alternate point of contact is Andrew Hildebrandt, Contracting Officer, at (757) 441-6865 or Andrew.hildebrandt@noaa.gov. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps for release of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Notice. However, responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/NDBC/EA-133W-14-RQ-0471/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), Bldg 3205, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 39529-6000, United States
- Zip Code: 39529-6000
- Zip Code: 39529-6000
- Record
- SN03379122-W 20140531/140529234844-21d6e76b58ef54e034659d5dd3008bc0 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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