SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Aerological Sounding Balloons - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 9/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- 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-133W-14-RP-0756
- Archive Date
- 11/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Catherine A. Perren, Phone: 301-628-1398
- E-Mail Address
-
catherine.a.perren@noaa.gov
(catherine.a.perren@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Specifications Solicitation 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.
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