MODIFICATION
66 -- Enhanced Precipitation Indentification (EPI) Sensor
- Notice Date
- 2/21/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NWSS1002MT2
- Response Due
- 3/7/2003
- Point of Contact
- Anita Middleton, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-713-0828 x129, Fax 301-713-0806,
- E-Mail Address
-
Anita.R.Middleton@noaa.gov
- Description
- Modification: This modification is being issued to notify potential offerors that the below requirement is still open. The estimated timeframe for the release of the solicitation is the week of 04 November. (Modification Complete) The US Department of Commerce (DOC)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather Service (NWS)/Acquisition Management Division have a requirement for the NOAA Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) program has a need for an Enhanced Precipitation Identification (EPI) weather sensor. This weather sensor is required to identify and detect the following precipitation types: Drizzle, Rain, Snow, Hail, and Ice Pellets as defined in the Federal Meteorological Handbook Number 1 (FMH-1). A sensor is sought which meets the following performance requirements: (1) Precipitation Types: Drizzle, Rain, Snow, Hail and Ice Pellets as defined in FMH-1 (without user intervention); (2) Precipitation Intensities: Light, Moderate, and Heavy as defined in FMH-1; (3) EPI sensor shall detect and correctly identify the precipitation types for all precipitation rates greater than zero but less than 250mm per hour on an event basis as verified by a certified observer; (4) The EPI shall not report any precipitation when no precipitation is occurring (e.g., drizzle, rain, snow, hail, and ice pellets); (5) The EPI shall operate in the following laboratory test conditions, operational temperature limits: (a) low temperature operational, minus 60 degrees F; (b) high temperature operational, plus 120 degrees F. Furthermore, the sensor shall survive exposure to the following temperature extremes with no damage; (c) low temperature withstanding, minus 80 degrees F; (d) high temperature withstanding, plus 130 degrees F. (6) The EPI shall operate under the following laboratory test conditions, operational wind limits: (a) operational steady wind, up to 30 knots; (b) operational wind gust, up to 46 knots. Furthermore, the sensor will survive exposure to the following wind extremes with no damage: (c) Withstanding steady wind, up to 73 knots; (d) Withstanding wind gust, up to 125 knots. (7) The EPI shall operate in laboratory rain conditions up to 3 inches per hour with 30 knot winds. (8) The EPI shall operate in laboratory ice accretion conditions up to 1 inch with 20 knots wind and withstand up to 3 inches with 35 knots wind. (9) Reliability and Maintainability: (a) Mean Time Between Failure, greater than or equal to 10,000 hours; (b) Periodic Maintenance interval, not less than 100 days; (c) Mean Time to Repair, less than or equal to 30 minutes. (10) Communication/Interface: RS232 with ASCII characters. This requirement will be accomplished in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12. This means the contract type for this requirement is Firm-Fixed Price. Interested parties need to send the following information to the Contract Specialist below: (1) Point of Contact; (2) Name of Company; (3) Street Address including City, State, and Zip Code; (4) Phone Number including fax number; and (5) E-mail address. The request to be put on the Bidder's List will close 04 October 2002. Anticipated date for issuance of the solicitation is 09 October 2002. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (21-FEB-2003). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 11-JUL-2003. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/AGAMD/Reference-Number-NWSS1002MT2/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Department of Commerce NOAA/NWS/ASOS PPI Program W/OST32 1325 East West Highway, SSMC 2 Silver Spring, MD
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN00370077-F 20030713/030711221131 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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