SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- YANKEE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MULTI-FILTER ROTATING SHADOW-BAND RADIOMETERS (MFRSR)
- Notice Date
- 7/21/2020 8:23:55 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Response Due
- 8/5/2020 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/20/2020
- Point of Contact
- Michelle C Walton, Phone: 3034976335
- E-Mail Address
-
Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov
(Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, EARTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH LAB (ESRL) GLOBAL MONITORING LAB (GML) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH YANKEE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, OUT OF TURNERS FALLS, MA FOR TWO VISIBLE MULTI-FILTER SHADOW-BAND RADIOMETERS (MFRSR). ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT YANKEE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC (YES) IS THE SOLE MANUFACTURER AND PROVIDER OF THE MULTI-FILTER SHADOW-BAND RADIOMETERS (MFRSR) WITH A 1625-NM BAND IN SUBSTITUTE FOR THE 6 15-NM BAND THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED AT FIELD STUDIES WITH MOBILE SURFRAD STATIONS.�THE MFRSR�s WILL BE USED FOR AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH, SPECTRAL SURFACE ALBEDO, AND NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGATION INDEX (NDVI) FOR RESEARCH AND DIRECT APPLICATIONS IN CLIMATE, WEATHER, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. THE YES MFRSR IS ESSENTIAL TO THE TIMELINE AND RESEARCH GOALS OF GML�s MISSION, NECESSITATING ITS PURCHASE.�THERE ARE NO OTHER INSTRUMENTS ON THE MARKET THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE SURFRAD NETWORK AND MEETS ALL PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS.� IN PARTICULAR, THE VISIBLE MFRSR IS FIELD TESTED AND RELIABLE.� NOAA CONDUCTS SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS AT THE SIX REQUIRED WAVELENGTHS: 415, 500, 673, 870, 940, AND 1625 NM TO ALLOW THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE INCIDENT SOLAR SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE AND THE DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL DEPTHS OF WATER VAPOR AND AEROSOLS. INSTRUMENTATION IS ALSO REQUIRED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING MFRSRS IN THE NETWORK TO ALLOW THE INTER-COMPARABILITY OF PAST SOLAR IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENTS TO IDENTIFY CLIMATE TRENDS. THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE NEEDED TO REPLACE EXISTING MFRSRS THAT HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR OVER 16 YEARS AT SURFRAD (AND OTHER) SITES WITH THE SAME INSTRUMENTS. YES�IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOR THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT WITH THESE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS THAT WILL ALSO BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS INSTRUMENTATION AT OUR OTHER SITES. THE PROVEN RELIABILITY AND REMOTE OPERATION IS A KEY FEATURE FOR OUR NOAA MISSION OF LONG-TERM RELIABLE MEASUREMENTS AT REMOTE LOCATIONS IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.��� ***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
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Turners Falls, MA, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05727332-F 20200723/200721230147 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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