SPECIAL NOTICE
F -- AIR SAMPLING OVER BRAZIL
- Notice Date
- 6/28/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- 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
- NRMJ1000-18-01197CM2
- Archive Date
- 7/14/2018
- Point of Contact
- Casey Morris, Phone: 303-497-4973
- E-Mail Address
-
Casey.Morris@noaa.gov
(Casey.Morris@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY (ESRL), GLOBAL MONITORING DIVISION (GMD) OFFICE. INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH FUNDACAO AMAZONICA DE DEFESA DE BIOSFERA (FDB) OUT OF MANAUS, BRAZIL FOR 24 HIGH PRECISION, HIGH ACCURACY MEASUREMENTS OF WATER VAPOR AND ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GASES CO2, CH4, CO; FOR EVENTUAL USE IN NOAA'S CARBON TRACKER DATA ASSIMILIATION SYSTEM. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT FDB IS THE SOLE ENTITIY IN BRAZIL, OR EVEN LATIN AMERICA, THAT CAN MEET AND PROVIDE THE REQUIRED AIR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS SERVICES IN THAT LOCATION OF THE RAINFOREST; SELECTING VENDORS FROM OUTSIDE BRAZIL IS IMPRACTICABLE GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF BRAZIL'S REGULATIONS. GMD CANNOT RISK COMPROMISING THE LONG-TERM INTEGRITY OF THESE RESEARCH-GRADE MEASUREMENT TIME SERIES. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR THIS SERVICE IS DATE OF AWARD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2018. ***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S 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 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.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/MASC/NRMJ1000-18-01197CM2/listing.html)
- Record
- SN04972113-W 20180630/180628230833-954732b0be714c9298da02c16de926b0 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |