SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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-KC, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NFFN7300-14-01778
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2014
- Point of Contact
- Shelley Smith, Phone: 816-426-2066
- E-Mail Address
-
shelley.smith@noaa.gov
(shelley.smith@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City office intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with OceanServer Technology Inc. for upgrade of an OceanServer Technology Iver2-580-Base-S Standard Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the Mississippi Laboratory (ML) Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Justification for Sole Source The ML requires upgrade of an OceanServer Technology Iver2-580-Base-S Standard Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with a Conductivity-Temperature (CT) sensor payload to the larger Iver2-580-Base-42 AUV. The upgrade will transfer the CT sensor from the Iver2-580-S to the Iver2-580-Base-42 AUV, including the existing tail upgrade to magnetic seal, new double o-ring shaft seals and new fins, a 6-beam Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), Iridium communications hardware, a handheld remote controller, exchange the current transportation case for a larger used Iver2 Transportation Case and Stand, and a L3 Klein UUV-3500 Bathymetric & Side Scan Sonar. The L3 Klein UUV-3500 is a demonstration model with large transducers will provide bathymetry and side scan sonar capability, and includes a Klein Motion Sensor. Iver2 AUV: The Iver2-580-Base-S AUV has a 32-inch tube with 10-inch Forward Payload Space and is 5.8 inches in diameter. The Iver-2-580-Base-42 AUV has a 42-inch tube with 22-inch Forward Payload Space and is 5.8 inches in diameter. The upgraded Iver2 will provide the capability for habitat mapping operations concurrent with biological surveys at a tremendous savings in ship time costs. The Iver2 is small, can be deployed by hand during small-boat surveys. Other AUVs come at a price that exceeds $500,000 (depending on configuration) and require significantly more support than the Iver2 in terms of personnel and ancillary equipment. OceanServer Technology is the original manufacturer of the Iver2 AUV and is the sole vendor that can perform the upgrade. Sources Sought This sources sought notice is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide the upgrade may submit substantiating documentation in writing within ten days of this notice. Responses can be faxed to Shelley Smith at (757) 664-3633 or sent via e-mail to shelley.smith@noaa.gov. Documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. DOC, Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made to a company not registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov. To register, all contractors must have a Dun and Bradstreet number. A Dun and Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun and Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/eupdate or by telephone at (800)333-0505.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/CASC/NFFN7300-14-01778/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, United States
- Record
- SN03349790-W 20140430/140428234123-47261f4dd9c9b28b814840aa121d134d (fbodaily.com)
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