SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- DEPLOYMENT-READY PROFILING FLOATS
- Notice Date
- 12/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 332313
— Plate Work Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- AB133R-07-RP-0022
- Response Due
- 1/23/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/7/2007
- Point of Contact
- Sharon Kent, Contract Specialist, Phone (206) 526-6035, Fax (206) 526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
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sharon.s.kent@noaa.gov
- Description
- The Government intends to acquire commercially available product using FAR Part 12 and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13. NOAA?s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) is a partner in implementing the U.S. portion of the Argo program. Basic instruments: (1) Provide profiling floats that are deployment-ready (calibrated, assembled, ballasted, weighed and tested), equipped with CTDs as specified below, and posses Service Argos telemetry/position fix capability. Optional Items: (1) Provide float air deployment packages, (2) Provide float VOS deployment packages, and (3) Provide floats that are deployment-ready (calibrated, assembled, ballasted, weighed and tested), with CTDs as specified below except capable of sampling temperature, salinity, and pressure continuously throughout their ascent, then reducing those data by bin averaging. Also these floats should determine position by GPS before transmitting those data to shore via Iridium. Basic Instrument Specifications/Requirements: (1) Floats must be capable of a minimum gross fractional volume change of 1% to allow cycling between the surface and 2000-dbar pressure over nearly all of the global (ice-free) ocean, (2) Floats must be able to park for predetermined 5-15 day periods at a different predetermined subsurface pressure than their profiling pressure ("park and profile" capability), (3) Floats must be capable of sampling temperature, salinity, and pressure at a minimum of 70 predetermined pressures during their ascent, then transmitting those data to shore and determining float position via Service Argos (or Iridium/GPS), (4) Floats must have sufficient energy in their standard configuration to perform the above functions for a period of 4 years with a duty cycle of 10 days, (5) Floats must have demonstrated performance, with examples of deployed instruments successfully performing the above functions for 4 years with a 10-day duty cycle, (6) Floats must be light enough (<35 kg) to ensure that deployments from a variety of platforms including volunteer observing ships (VOS) are feasible, (7) Floats must be delivered to PMEL (the contractor shall pay for the delivery) in boxes sufficiently sturdy to protect the floats prior to deployment, while in transit, and onboard ship or aircraft, (8) Float boxes must be built to accommodate stacked loading and moveable with a forklift or pallet jack, and be suitable for export to most countries (e.g. all wood components of appropriately treated plywood), (9) Float CTDs must have average initial measurement accuracies of +/-0.002 C in temperature, +/-0.005 PSS-78 in salinity, and +/-3 dbar in pressure, (10) Float CTDs must have demonstrated reliability and stability of +/-0.01 C in temperature, +/-0.02 PSS-78 in salinity, and +/-6 dbar in pressure over multi-year missions, 11) Float CTDs must use a system that ensures temperature and conductivity measurements are made within the same controlled volume of water, 12) Float CTDs must employ conductivity cells with antifouling protection by diffusion of TBTO in a controlled volume (no cell coatings), (13) Floats (and accompanying instrumentation, including CTDs) must pass PMEL tests for performance to the satisfaction of PMEL personnel, or be replaced/repaired by the contractor at the contractor's expense (including shipping costs in both directions) and arrive at PMEL within 2 months of notification to the contractor by PMEL of a problem and availability of float for shipping from PMEL, and (14) Contractor will be expected to assist PMEL by providing any unusual tools required for float modification or repair, as well as initial training (PMEL personnel may travel to a Contactor's facility at PMEL expense for this purpose) and subsequent advice for PMEL personnel in float testing and repair as requested by PMEL. Desirable But Not Essential Instrument Features: (1) Floats capable of fractional volume change of 1.15% or more, sufficient to allow profiling between the surface and 2000 dbar, over the entire global (ice-free) ocean, (2) Floats with sufficient energy in their standard configuration to perform the above functions for more than 4 years with a duty cycle of 10 days, 3) Floats capable of self-activation upon deployment, (4) Floats certifiable for air shipments (domestic and international), and (5) Floats certified for deployment on C-130 aircraft by U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed-price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with one base year period and options for three additional one-year periods. The minimum order amount will be 50 floats per year and the maximum order 500 floats per year. The period of performance will begin on date of contract award (approx. 4/1/07). A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation will be available on or about January 5, 2007, through this website. No paper copies of the solicitation will be issued. No telephone, facsimile, or written requests will be accepted. It is incumbent upon interested parties to register at the solicitations site for notification and to review the site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. Technical questions regarding this solicitation should be addressed to Sharon.S.Kent@noaa.gov. This requirement is advertised as full and open competition. All responsible, responsive sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the Agency. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (13-DEC-2006); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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