SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- Brand Name Justification
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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), Western Acquisition Division - Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NFFR7000-18-03479DR
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2018
- Point of Contact
- DianaRomero, Phone: 303-497-3761, ,
- E-Mail Address
-
diana.romero@noaa.gov,
(diana.romero@noaa.gov, /div)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, intends to purchase a brand name, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)( ii ), for Ocean Instrument product ST500HF acoustic recorder. The brand name determination is based on NOAA's National Marine Fisheries ServiceOffice of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) has a requirement to purchase two underwater acoustic recorders for the Marine Mammal and Turtle Division to maintain the acoustic surveys. No other manufacturer has the specifications and capabilities of a minimum 300kHz sample rate (150kHz bandwidth), 1 Tb memory capacity and click detector. In 2016 NOAA purchased 11 of these underwater acoustic recorders under a competitive purchase and to maintain data compatibility and scientific and statistical comparability NOAA intends to purchase two more recorders, with the option to purchase an additional two. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can fully meet the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/MASC/NFFR7000-18-03479DR/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: United States
- Record
- SN05043368-W 20180819/180817231024-f4831fcee39f6e1440db374f49f7e712 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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