SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Tooth Drive Gear
- Notice Date
- 12/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division-KC, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NWWG01401400551KC
- Archive Date
- 1/6/2014
- Point of Contact
- Karen L Christian, Phone: (816)426-7286
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.l.christian@noaa.gov
(karen.l.christian@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, Eastern Acquisition Division-Kansas City (EAD-KC) and the National Weather Service (NWS) intend to purchase 25 each ABL 34 Tooth Drive Gear, P/N 34636-5015-1, (ASN: R400-2A1A1A2MP1) for the NEXRAD Sub Systems for stock replenishment spares that support the NEXRAD program. The ABL 34 T Gear is a critical element of the radar Data Package Assembly and was built to specification for Radiation Systems, Inc., specifically for use in the WSR-88D Data Package Assembly. The design and performance of the gear is tightly controlled by the governing Source Control Document (SCD). Testing this gear was conducted in order to qualify it for use in the WSR-88 Data Package Assembly. Southern Gear and Machine remains the only manufacturer qualified to produce this component, since no other components have been tested in the WSR-88D transmitter. The use of a different product would require additional integration testing. If a suitable component was available from another manufacturer, its performance would have to be validated in an operational radar and vendor would have to undergo a qualification process in order to be listed as a suggested source. Southern Gear and Machine was introduced to the system only after exhaustive engineering testing. The design cannot be replicated by other vendors without violating Radiation Systems intellectual property rights and any other suggested source would require additional integration testing, technical drawing changes, warehouse files, and additional man hours. These items are being purchased for the National Weather Service (NWS), NEXRAD program, to be delivered to the National Logistics Support Center, Kansas City, MO. The intended procurement is for supplies for which the Government intends to acquire under the guidelines of FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one known source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). The unique characteristics and physical form of these items make them the only acceptable parts. Because the design is the intellectual property of Radiation Systems, the Government does not have access to the specific design features. The Government has no design rights to the items and does not possess the drawings that specify the parts. NWS performed a market research and found there are no substitute part numbers or manufacturers identified through the search. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive responses. This announcement will close on January 3, 2014 at 2:00 PM CST. The Government reserves the right to solicit bids based on the receipt of affirmative responses to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract 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 order to be considered, furnish detailed information concerning their capabilities to provide these products. Interested firms must submit support documents if providing or proposing to provide other than the specified part numbers referenced above that meet the same fit, form and function as the specified part numbers. Also include the name, telephone number, and point of contact for businesses or other Government agency to which it has previously provided the item. Offerors may send their proposal to email address karen.l.christian@noaa.gov or fax to 757-664-3622, ATTN: Karen Christian. The NAICS code for this requirement is 335999. All responsible sources may submit a quote which will be considered by the Agency. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM). For more information and to register, please access the following website: http://www.sam.gov/. In order to register with the SAM, offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505.
- Web Link
-
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/CASC/NWWG01401400551KC/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Department of COmmerce/NOAA, National Logistics Support Center, 1510 East Bannister Road, Bldg #1, Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States
- Zip Code: 64131
- Zip Code: 64131
- Record
- SN03257870-W 20131226/131224233737-bcac93c24de2bca8d5c369490e5693ea (fbodaily.com)
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