SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- NOAA Winch Mission Systems
- Notice Date
- 1/27/2023 5:52:17 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811310
— Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NM-AN0000-23-00148
- Response Due
- 2/10/2023 9:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Chris Meconnahey, Phone: 7573646905, Fax: 7574413786
- E-Mail Address
-
Chris.Meconnahey@noaa.gov
(Chris.Meconnahey@noaa.gov)
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD), Norfolk Office, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Macgregor USA INC., located 400 Rotary ST, Hampton, Virginia 23661, using procedures in FAR Subpart 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services for an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) firm-fixed price contract. �Macgregor USA INC. is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for parts and technical services for their highly specialized winch mission systems onboard the NOAA Ships Oscar Dyson, Henry B. Bigelow, Pisces, Bell M. Shimada, and Rueben Lasker. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source. The NOAA ships Oscar Dyson, Henry B. Bigelow, Pisces, Bell M. Shimada, and Rueben Lasker have highly specialized winch mission systems. All mission system components were originally built by Rapp Marine, which was purchased by Macgregor USA INC.� This includes all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, calibration, programmable logic, drives, balancing systems, level wind, blocks, etc.� Efforts to ensure the system is calibrated and functional for field season can only be accomplished the OEM. The winch mission system is a highly specialized integrated system.� This integrated system has winches, sensors, computers, gears, blocks, algorithms, displays, controls that function as a system.� These systems deploy and retrieve packages, sense loads, rate of deployment, depths, provide interactive displays, and react to changing loads to prevent damage.� No other vendor has an understanding of how the various components and functions this OEM system interact.� Macgregor USA INC. is the OEM of this system trawl and mission equipment. They are the only firm that is capable of calibrating, updating, repairing, inspecting the system performance. Use of an alternate contractor would compromise proper function of the trawl and mission system and could result in system failure.� Therefore NOAA would be unable to perform required missions �NOAA intends to award an IDIQ contract with a base ordering year and four subsequent one year ordering periods. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this acquisition is 811310, Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance, with a business size standard of $8 million. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotes. However, if any other interested party believes that it can meet the requirements, it may submit a statement of capabilities, which if timely received, will be considered by NOAA. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Evidence must be provided of ability to provide the required services. The capability statement and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NOAA to determine if the party can meet all of the requirements. Capability statements and related materials must be e-mailed to the Contract Specialist Chris Meconnahey at chris.meconnahey@noaa.gov by 12:00 PM EST on February 10, 2023. DOC/NOAA /EAD requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made to a company not registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov. To register, all contractors must have a Unique Entity ID (UEI). A UEI may be acquired free of charge by registering at https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration.
- Web Link
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SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/9d24446d5d9f45108ff6a4f5d8d0fba6/view)
- Record
- SN06575347-F 20230129/230127230101 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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