U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, Central Administrative Support Center, 601 East 12th St., CC31:CAH, RM 1756, Kansas City, MO 64106

59 -- PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - LEVEL II RECORDER SOL 97445CH POC Charles A. Hughes (816) 823-1342 The U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, intends to purchase the following item as a commercial acquisition under the guidelines of FAR Part 13. The Government requires 20 each Printed Circuit Boards for the Level II Recorder, Macrolink p/n 202760-52. The item is being purchased in support of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA, National Logistics Support Center, Kansas City, Missouri. The Government does not have drawings or specifications for these items. The Government believes that the item is available only from the manufacturer. The proposed procurement action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit to only one source under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). This is not a call for proposals and no solicitation will be issued. Any small business source, able to provide the item specified herein is encouraged to respond to this announcement within 15 days after it's publication. Interested firms should submit in writing, it's name, address, point of contact, telephone number, business size and a brief statement regarding its capability to provide the specified equipment, and the name, telephone number, and point of contact for businesses or other Government agencies to which it has previously provided the equipment. This information should be submitted to the addresses stated herein or may be faxed to telephone number 816-823-3447. If no positive responses are received as a result of this announcement, an award will be made 15 days from date of this announcement to Macrolink. This is not a request for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The Government reserves the right to solicit bids based on receipt of affirmative responses to this notice. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3679 (Electronic Components, N.E.C.). The small business size standard is 500 employees. This is not a small business set-aside. (0306)

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