SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- ADCP Repair
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- 13-00792
- Archive Date
- 2/13/2013
- Point of Contact
- Natasha, Phone: 7574416526
- E-Mail Address
-
natasha.wilson@noaa.gov
(natasha.wilson@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Government intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis with Teledyne RD Instruments, Inc., 14020 Stowe Dr., Poway, CA 92064, for the following requirement: The requirement is intended to repair and refurbish four 75 kHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs). NOAA National Data Buoy Center, Building 3203, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529. Ground shipping is required if quoting for other than FOB Destination. Time of delivery is 30 Days after receipt of order. Deliver to NOAA, National Data Buoy Center, 3202 Stennis Space Center, MS 39529. In order to comply with the debt collection act of 1966, all contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Authority: 41 USC 253(c) (1). The FSC for this is J020 and the NAICS code is 334511 small business size standard is 750.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 6.301(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, January 29, 2013, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Evidence must be provided of ability to provide the required supplies. Responses to this notice, if any, must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Natasha.Wilson@noaa.gov. Sole Source: The NDBC has twenty (20) Teledyne RDI 300 kHz and 11 of the 600 kHz workhorse Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) that are used in the weather program and in the sub-surface moorings in the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array (TAO). Currently 9 units are deployed and only 3 units are capable for re-deployment. The other units are in need of repair or in transit. These ADCP's were purchased after a competitive bid process in 2005. This procurement is to repair four of the 75 kHz ADCPs to have them available for TAO deployment. Teledyne RDI is the manufacturer and sole distributor of the ADCPs. The ADCPs contain proprietary firmware and hardware. Teldyne RDI does not license any other vendor to perform repairs on their equipment. Repair, refurbishment, and testing of these systems requires specialized equipment which is only available at Teledyne RDI.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/13-00792/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Building 3203, stennis space center, Mississippi, 39529, United States
- Zip Code: 39529
- Zip Code: 39529
- Record
- SN02971820-W 20130126/130124234624-e26124639d1357fa4af1558f7fb2cfb7 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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