SPECIAL NOTICE
68 -- BPA Scientific Gas Mixtures
- Notice Date
- 6/28/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- 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
- NRMJ1000-18-01218CM2
- 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 MESA INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR RESEARCH GRADE GAS MIXTURES. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT MESA IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT IS WILLING TO ADAPT THEIR MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES TO MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S HIGH STANDARDS. THE PREVIOUS VENDOR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A STABILE CYLINDER TO START WITH THE CALIBRATION MANUFACTURING PROCESS TO KEEP THE AIR IN THE CYLINDERS UP TO A PURITY, ACCURACY AND QUANTITY STANDARD THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES. THIS WILL BE A BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS FROM DATE OF AWARD. ***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/NRMJ1000-18-01218CM2/listing.html)
- Record
- SN04972152-W 20180630/180628230843-f7615e1a6ea056d0d1bfb570e979eb08 (fbodaily.com)
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