SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- NEXRAD WSR-88D Radar Radome Inspection Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division - Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NWWG12001600681MEC
- Archive Date
- 6/7/2016
- Point of Contact
- Mark Caban, Phone: 303-497-6875, JULIA L. HAMILTON, Phone: 303-497-3487
- E-Mail Address
-
mark.caban@noaa.gov, julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov
(mark.caban@noaa.gov, julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY - Solicitations are not available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government. NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, in support of the National Weather Service, Radar Operations Center in Norman, OK seeks potential vendors to provide various maintenance and repair activities to the WSR-88D NEXRAD radar radome. The radomes ESSCO Model S38-90 are constructed by L3 Electronic Space System Corporation (ESSCO), Ayer, Massachusetts. The areas requiring maintenance and repair include the lightning diverter system, aircraft warning lights, cleaning, painting, repairing and replacing radome panels. A qualified vendor would be expected to have the capability to support independent, simultaneous repair activities at a minimum of two NEXRAD locations. Engineering services may also be required in any of the previously mentioned maintenance activities. The NEXRAD program has deployed 158 operational and 3 non-operational (training, test, and repair) towers supporting the WSR-88D weather radar systems throughout the United States with isolated locations and various overseas locations in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Okinawa, Korea, Azores, and Puerto Rico. Many of the sites are located in remote, difficult to reach areas, while others are in the middle of densely populated areas in full view of the general public. Please provide the following information as requested: 1. Describe your company's maintenance experience with L3 Communications (ESSCO) "sandwich" type constructed panels in the areas listed below: A) Radome Panel Replacement and or Repair B) Radome Cleaning C) Radome Painting D) Inspection and report writing 2. Provide information on previous radome maintenance experience. Please provide a point of contact (name, phone number, and email address). 3. Describe your company's experience accomplishing maintenance or construction work at overseas locations. 4. Describe the proposed composition of your repair teams that would be supporting repair of NEXRAD radomes under a contract. Indicate qualifications of the team members including training, experience, certifications required to qualify for each position. Indicate how many employees are qualified to fill each position on the team. 5. The Contractor shall provide written approval from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), L3 ESSCO, stating that the OEM will supply radome panels and other materials for the Contractor's use in the performance of the contract. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the United States Government. The response date for this RFI is May 23, 2016. No collect calls will be accepted. All responses to this RFI may be submitted via e-mail to Mark Caban, Contracting Officer, at mark.caban@noaa.gov. The phone number for the Contracting Officer is (303) 497-6875.
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