SPECIAL NOTICE
59 -- ABL 34T DRIVE GEAR
- Notice Date
- 1/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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
- NWWG0140140055
- Archive Date
- 1/11/2014
- 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
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) awarded a purchase order 25 each ABL 34 Tooth Drive Gear, P/N 34636-5015-1, (ASN: R400-2A1A1A2MP1) to Southern Gear & Machine, Inc. for NEXRAD Sub Systems 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 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. This item was purchased for the National Weather Service (NWS) NEXRAD spare parts program, to be delivered to the National Logistics Support Center located in Kansas City, MO. The proposed contract action was issued as a sources sought notice that was posted on FedBizOpps under Solicitation No. NWWG01401400551KC on December 24, 2013 that resulted in only one response to the notice. An award was issued to Southern Gear & Machine, Inc.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/CASC/NWWG0140140055/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
- SN03264375-W 20140111/140109234655-80cad5a24b05a14aa9003c74e31e46f6 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
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