SOURCES SOUGHT
20 -- Commercial Mid-Frequency Tsunami Buoy System - Attachment 1 - Attachment 2 - Attachment 3
- Notice Date
- 4/8/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service, 1325 East West Highway, SSMC2, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- EA-133W-16-RFI-0003
- Point of Contact
- Kurt Charles Weilbaecher, Phone: 228-688-2825, Andrew Hildebrandt, Phone: (757) 441-6865
- E-Mail Address
-
kurt.weilbaecher@noaa.gov, andrew.hildebrandt@noaa.gov
(kurt.weilbaecher@noaa.gov, andrew.hildebrandt@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOAA/NWS Tsunameters Real-Time Data Transmission Formats Ver. 1.0, dated April 30, 2009 NDBC Procedure DART II Electronics and Back Channel Two-Way Commands and 48 hour Blue Tag (NDBC-8119,REV A. 7/2/2013) Commercial Tsunami Buoy Performance Specification This 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 334513, Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables, which has a corresponding size standard of 750 employees. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ; not a pre-solicitation notice or Request for Proposal (RFP)/Request for Quote (RFQ). The purpose of this notice is to: (1) Determine if sources are capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exist: (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 The EAD of the 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 one (1) Mid-Frequency Tsunami Buoy system without Mooring Subsystem meeting attached performance specifications. The performance specification and related data requirements are attached to this RFI and is subject to revision at the sole discretion of the Government. Interested parties are expected to review this notice and all of the attachments to become familiar with the requirement. The attachments attached to this notice are 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 one (1) complete buoy system is approximately 197 calendar days after receipt of order. Background Information: To ensure early detection of tsunamis and to acquire data critical to real-time forecasts, NOAA has placed Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART®) stations at sites in regions with a history of generating destructive tsunamis. NOAA completed the original 6-buoy operational array in 2001 and expanded to a full network of 39 stations in March, 2008. The Tsunami buoy system, called "Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART)" presently constitutes a critical element of the NOAA Tsunami Program. The Tsunami Program is part of a cooperative effort to save lives and protect property through hazard assessment, warning guidance, mitigation, research capabilities, and international coordination. NOAA's NWS is responsible for the overall execution of the Tsunami Program. NWS also supports observations and data management through the NDBC. Capability Statement Objectives and Requirements: This request is issued for the purpose 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 this buoy. Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this RFI including commercial market information and company information. NOAA is soliciting input from both small businesses and other than small businesses (commercial large businesses, universities, non-profits, etc...) who may be interested in this procurement and possess the technical capability to manufacture this buoy system. The NOAA-NWS, 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) is NAICSCode is 334513, Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables, which has a corresponding size standard of 750 employees, must be 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. Commercial market information and practices applicable to this supply; f. Confirmation that your company can provide a commercial Mid-Frequency Tsunami Buoy System in accordance with the attached documents shown below: (1) Attachment 1 - Performance Specification for a DART Compatible Moored System, Rev A April 6, 2016; (2) Attachment 2 - NDBC Procedure DART II Electronics and Back Channel Two-Way Commands and 48 hour Blue Tag (NDBC-8119,REV A. 7/2/2013) (3) Attachment 3 - NOAA/NWS Tsunameters Real-Time Data Transmission Formats Ver. 1.0, dated April 30, 2009. g. A positive statement of your intent to submit an response if a solicitation is issued as a result of this RFI. Responses to this RFI are due via email to kurt.weilbaecher@noaa.gov no later than April 22, 2016 - 5:00 PM (Eastern 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 RFI. 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, FBO.gov. 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 RFI will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/OCSNWS/EA-133W-16-RFI-0003/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
- SN04078838-W 20160410/160408234908-7a7e1377cd89dc1d21f56b23edbd8cff (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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