SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Maintenance and Engineering Services for the WWR-88D NEXRAD Radar Radomes
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Mountain Administrative Support Center, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NWS00000000000000000000000000000000000
- Response Due
- 7/8/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2005
- Description
- The National Weather Service, Radar Operations Center in Norman, OK seeks potential vendors to provide various maintenance activities to the WSR-88D NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar) radar radomes. The radomes are constructed by Electronic Space System Corporation (ESSCO), ESSCO Model S38-90. The areas requiring maintenance will include the lightning diverter system, aircraft warning lights, cleaning, painting, repairing and replacing radome panels. A qualified vendor would be expected to have the capability to support independent, simultaneous repair activities at a minimum of two NEXRAD locations. Engineering services may also be required in any of the previously mentioned maintenance activities. There are 158 NEXRAD radar sites located around the world. Most of the NEXRAD sites are located within the continental U.S., however, there are sites in Korea, Japan, Azores, Hawaii and Alaska. Many of the sites are located in remote, difficult to reach areas, while others are in the middle of densely populated areas in full view of the general public. ***Please provide the following information as requested: 1. Describe your companies maintenance experience with ESSCO?s ?sandwich? type constructed panels in the areas listed below: A) Radome Panel Replacement and or Repair, B) Radome Cleaning, C) Radome Painting, D) Inspection and report writing. 2. Provide information on your previous other radome maintenance experience. Please provide a point of contact. (name & phone number) 3. Describe your company?s experiences with accomplishing maintenance or construction work at overseas locations. Does your company routinely obtain the liability insurance required by the Defense Base Act for contractors to work at overseas Department of Defense (DOD) locations and Foreign Liability Insurance 4. Provide information about the personnel make-up of your company, please include type and years of experience along with education level of your management and engineering team members. 5. Describe the proposed composition of your repair teams that would be supporting repair of NEXRAD radomes under a future contract. Indicate training, experience, and certifications required to qualify for each position and also indicate how many employees are qualified to fill each position on the team. 6. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 541330 and the small business size standard is $4 million dollars. Your response should indicate whether you are a small business under this NAICS Code. 7. NOAA will not pay for information or comments provided and will not recognize any costs associated with submission of comments. NOAA as noted above is assessing the existence of sources and is requesting written comments from industry. Written comments or e-mails shall be received no later than 2:00 P.M. Mountain Time, July 8, 2005. Sources interested in providing comments shall respond in writing to Susan Labovitz, Contract Specialist, MC-3, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 or submit an e-mail to Susan.Labovitz@noaa.gov. Telephone responses are not acceptable. This notice is not a Request for Proposals, Invitation for Bids or Request for Quotes. It is a Request for Information (RFI) and is part of the Government?s market research process.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Worldwide
- Record
- SN00827361-W 20050612/050612190219 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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