SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GENERATION OF MOORED PLATFORMS
- Notice Date
- 2/29/2008
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- 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
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-8-243_NRMAH000-8-33051
- Response Due
- 3/14/2008
- Archive Date
- 3/29/2008
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 526-6025, - Randall Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 526-6025
- E-Mail Address
-
randall.w.brown@noaa.gov, randall.w.brown@noaa.gov
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY (PMEL). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH HUGH MILBURN FOR ONE BASE YEAR AND ONE OPTION YEAR THROUGH 3/20/2009. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF MOORED PLATFORMS THAT WILL SUPPORT MAJOR NATIONAL PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PMEL OCEAN OBSERVATIONS. PMEL REQUIRES DESIGN OF NEXT GENERATION OF OCEANOGRAPHIC BUOYS AND SENSORS FOR CURRENT MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS TAO, PIRATA, TSUNAMI, AND UPCOMING PROJECTS SUCH AS GLOBAL CO2 NORTH PACIFIC SEA LEVEL PRESSURE. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE TAO, PIRATA, AND DART BUOY ARRAYS AND HAS DEVELOPED THE CONCEPTS FOR PICO (PLATFORM AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR CONTINUOUS OCEAN OBSERVATIONS) FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR CURRENTLY HOLDS TWO PATENTS ON THE DART SYSTEM AND THE MOORING LINE USED IN PICO. HE UNDERSTANDS THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND THE NEED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION PLATFORMS FOR PMEL?S PROGRAMS. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE WITH INTRINSIC KNOWLEDGE OF PMEL?S PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, PICO MOORING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED CONTRACT.
- Record
- SN01520574-W 20080302/080229223745 (fbodaily.com)
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