SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 5/17/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, SSMC3 - Room 10350/NMAO2, 1315 East West Highway, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- 1333MK18PNMAN0017
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2018
- Point of Contact
- Joel Heisler, Phone: 641-867-8763
- E-Mail Address
-
Joel.Heisler@noaa.gov
(Joel.Heisler@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOAA's Marine Operations Center, Acquisition, Accountability, and Analysis Branch, negotiated on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with AML Oceanographic, of Sidney, British Columbia, Canada service and parts for the MVP200 system on the NOAA Ship Fairweather. The Moving Vessel Profiler MVP-200 System is an in-situ sound velocity profiling system used during hydrographic survey missions to periodically collect and update the sound velocity profile applied to Multibeam Echo Sounding Sonar Systems used during hydrographic survey operations. The water column temperatures can vary significantly during periods of operations causing erratic acoustic system performance and reduced accuracy of the collected hydrographic survey data. The MVP-200 system can be deployed to conduct a water column sound velocity profile while the ship is underway, reducing the time it takes to update the sound velocity data applied to the sonar system if the ship had to stop survey operations to perform a stationary manual water column profile. Due to the urgent nature of this requisition, initial notice-to-proceed (NTP) was issued 4/27/18. Additional work prompted an additional NTP bringing the total amount above the $25,000 notification threshold. This notice is being published at the time of definitization. The sole source determination is based on the requirement of the Fairweather to have a functional MVP to meet mission requirements. AML Oceanographic is now the OEM for this equipment, and the only company capable of providing the parts and service that will guarantee proper operation and meet warrantee requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide equipment or service that fully meets the Government's future requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing 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 future procurements on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/OMAOMD/1333MK18PNMAN0017/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Ketchikan, Alaska, 99901, United States
- Zip Code: 99901
- Zip Code: 99901
- Record
- SN04926088-W 20180519/180517230839-38aa241c1b7bec98128f8339c7718eae (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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