SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Aerological Sounding Balloons
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 326299
— All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC2 - 11th floor /OFA61, 1325 East West Highway, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- EA-1332-14-RQ-0756
- Point of Contact
- Catherine A. Perren, Phone: 301-628-1398
- E-Mail Address
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catherine.a.perren@noaa.gov
(catherine.a.perren@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD), 200 Granby Street, Room 815, Norfolk, VA 23510 Synopsis: The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD) on behalf of NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) has a need to acquire 390,000 General Purpose 26 km (GP-26) aerological sounding balloons to support the National Weather Service (NWS) radiosonde observations. A GP-26 aerological sounding balloon is a balloon used to carry radiosondes aloft. Radiosondes measure atmospheric temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and wind direction from the surface to an altitude of approximately 30,000 meters. The radiosonde observations are a critical source of meteorological data for these weather forecast models. The NWS radiosonde observations provide atmospheric observations for development of watches, warnings, weather forecasts and aviation support. The NOAA/NWS publishes 3-hour, 6-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour, and 48-hour upper level atmospheric models for watches, warnings, forecasts, and aviation support. The aerological sounding balloons are launched at all 102 NWS Upper-Air sites and thus must survive a wide variety of launch and flight weather conditions, while providing an average ascent rate of 5 m/s for accurate sensor measurements. The aerological sounding balloon performance is critical to accurate sensor readings on the supported radiosonde observations. The aerological sounding balloon performance specification provides the radiosonde sensors with optimal ascent rate and burst altitude necessary for reliable and accurate radiosonde observations. Although aerological sounding balloons are provided commercially, the Government will perform first article testing of balloons to ensure the aerological sounding balloon meets the required performance required by NOAA's specifications. The contract will require the delivery of 300 GP-26 balloons for first article testing by the Government. Contract awardees that pass first article testing will compete for future delivery orders. The Government anticipates award of a multiple-award, fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The delivery orders will be firm-fixed price. The contract award date is anticipated to be April 2015 with an ordering or effective period of five (5) years thereafter. The solicitation will be competed as unrestricted requirement. The North American Industry Classification Code System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 326299 and the size standard is 500 employees. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be made available for download in September 2014 at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps ["Add to Watchlist"] and ["Add Me to Interested Vendors"] features which provide a notification when the solicitation becomes available for download. These features also inform interested parties of all postings of information associated with this solicitation thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The estimated response due date is October 2014; however, the actual date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to Free Trade Agreements. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Catherine Perren, Contract Specialist, at catherine.a.perren@noaa.gov. Companies offering a response to the subsequent solicitation shall ensure that they are registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), www.sam.gov, prior to submission of quotes. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the SAM. NO award shall be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. In order to register with the SAM and be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors shall also 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/ or by phone at (800) 333-0505.
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