SPECIAL NOTICE
53 -- PRESSURE REGULATOR GAS ENCLOSURES
- Notice Date
- 6/23/2020 12:47:09 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA NORFOLK VA 23510 USA
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- NWWG3100-20-00714
- Response Due
- 7/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 07/18/2020
- Point of Contact
- Bryton Curtis, Phone: 8164262304
- E-Mail Address
-
Bryton.Curtis@noaa.gov
(Bryton.Curtis@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to solicit, negotiate and award on a sole source basis a purchase order with Advanced Specialty Gas Equipment (ASGE) Brand/Airgas USA, LLC for the procurement of their pressure regulator gas enclosures. The Government intends to utilize the authority under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy agency requirements, unless, as a result of this announcement, acceptable responses to this notice are received and a determination is made by the Government to issue a competitive solicitation. The Government intends to award a purchase order to ASGE Brand/Airgas USA, LLC for their pressure regulator gas enclosures due to their custom design nature as well as their compatibility in all aspects of form, fit and function with already existing AROS installation sites. A key subassembly to the GMS is the pressure regulator enclosure. This subsystem contains a pair of pressure regulators, pressure gauges, and flame arrestors all inside a weather proof enclosure. Its main function is to reduce the pressure of the gas coming from the storage tanks (2500 to 200 psig) down the Autosonde working pressure range (40 to 50 psig). The designs of pressure regulator enclosures are a joint effort between the National Weather Service (NWS) and Advanced Specialty Gas Equipment (ASGE) engineers to create custom items specifically tailored to the needs of the NWS. These custom enclosures are already in use at many AROS sites. Utilizing alternative enclosure designs would make it difficult to provide maintenance training for the technical staff. The Government would incur a significant cost to investigate, validate, procure and implement an alternative to the ASGE Brand/Airgas USA LLC pressure regulator gas enclosures. Manufacturers that propose a solution using other than ASGE Brand/Airgas USA LLC�must furnish detailed specifications and descriptions to demonstrate their capability to provide the pressure regulator gas enclosures�that satisfy the Government�s needs. To be considered, interested parties must be able to demonstrate their ability to provide comparable pressure regulator gas enclosures�that meets the specific characteristics outlined above. Capability information shall include, at minimum, name, telephone number, address of customers for which you have previously furnished the pressure regulator gas enclosures, and a detailed narrative that describes your ability to provide the pressure regulator gas enclosures as specified. Interested parties must respond via email to bryton.curtis@noaa.gov prior to the closing of this notice. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334519. The government intends to solicit and negotiate with the only known source (ASGE Brand/Airgas USA LLC) that can provide the pressure regulator gas enclosures.�This is not a request for quotes or proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The Government reserves the right to solicit quotes based on the receipt of affirmative responses to this posting without further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract 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 open competition to businesses other than ASGE Brand/Airgas USA LLC. All contractors doing business with this Contracting Office (Eastern Acquisition Division � Kansas City) must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website. Vendors can register with SAM at the following website https://www.sam.gov.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/4ea4b6f111c14f598defaaf73167fbe9/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
- Zip Code: 20910
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN05699730-F 20200625/200623230139 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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