SPECIAL NOTICE
59 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROCURE ON SOLE SOURCE BASIS
- Notice Date
- 6/30/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334419
— Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WAD-NFFR7000-15-03285
- Archive Date
- 7/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Maria L Mendoza, Phone: (206)526-6671
- E-Mail Address
-
Maria.L.Mendoza@noaa.gov
(Maria.L.Mendoza@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Aerial Imaging Solutions for purchase of APH-18 Quadrocopter configured to be compatible with existing APH-22 Hexacopters and provide repair services to other existing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) made by same company. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC) is in need of a small 18" Quadropter for use in training pilots to fly the APH-22 Hexacopters. This will allow Marine Mammal & Turtle Division accomplish its mission of monitoring the life history, condition and health of cetacean populations. Aerial Imaging Solutions is uniquely qualified to provide these services because they have the ability to make the training Quadrocopter compatible with existing APH-22 control and ground station systems. The aircraft made by Aerial Imaging Solutions are equipped with unique proprietary software that provided significant improvements to command and control of UAS, the new aircraft must be compatible with existing control and ground system. This notice represents the only official notice. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. It is the Government's belief that only Aerial Imaging Solutions can complete the work and provide the deliverables under this contract. However, interested firms or individuals may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by submitting in writing their name and information to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such 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 responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Questions concerning this announcement must be emailed to Maria Mendoza at maria.l.mendoza@noaa.gov or faxed at (206)527-7513. This is a simplified acquisition.
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