SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- PROVIDE SIX ACOUSTIC RECORDERS AURAL-M2
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-9-332
- Archive Date
- 5/29/2009
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Phone: (206) 526-6226
- E-Mail Address
-
randall.w.brown@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH MULTI-ELECTRONIQUE INC. FOR SIX (6) EACH AURAL-M2 ACOUSTIC RECORDERS. NOAA'S NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML) REQUIRES FIXED ACOUSTIC RECORDERS WHICH WILL BE DEPLOYED ALONG ALASKAN PERIMETER. THESE RECORDERS ACOUSTICALLY SAMPLE THE WESTERN BEAUFORT SEA FOR THE DURATION OF BOWHEAD FEEDING STUDY AND PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF THE SEASONAL OCCURRENCE OF BOWHEADS IN AND NEAR THE STUDY AREA. IN ADDITION THE TWO TRIANGULAR ARRAYS ENABLE TRACKING OF INDIVIDUAL WHALES AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE STUDY AREA. NMML REQUIRES MULTI-EOECTRONIQUE INC. BRAND ACOUSTIC RECORDERS SINCE IT'S ONLY KNOWN BRAND THAT CAN RECORD FREQUENCIES UP TO AT LEAST FOUR (4) KHZ AT NO LESS THAN A 50% DUTY CYCLE FOR ONE YEAR. THIS BRAND ALSO RATED TO 300M DEPTH AND POSSESSES PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF OPERATION WITHIN THE EXTREME WATERS OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN WITH A 100% SUCCESS RATE NMML RETRIED AND DATA RECORDINGS HAD NO DATA DROP-OUTS.. THE MULTI-ELECTRONIQUE BRAND ALSO THE ONLY BRAND THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH NMML'S SUBSURFACE MOORING LINES. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR PART 13. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505. ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AT HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV.
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