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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JUNE 30, 2023 SAM #7885
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- Intent to Sole Source to OTT Hyromet Corp for Radiometers

Notice Date

6/28/2023 1:00:27 PM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

334519 — Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION US
 

ZIP Code

00000
 

Solicitation Number

1333MJ23QNRMA0005
 

Response Due

7/13/2023 6:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

07/14/2023
 

Point of Contact

MICHELLE BREBNOR, Phone: 3017341105
 

E-Mail Address

MICHELLE.BREBNOR@NOAA.GOV
(MICHELLE.BREBNOR@NOAA.GOV)
 

Description

The purchased Kipp & Zonen sensors will be integrated into existing and new oceanographic mooring systems, autonomous vehicles (Saildrone) and other platforms developed and deployed by PMEL. These are to replace the highly accurate radiometers produced by Eppley Laboratories that PMEL has used for decades after Eppley abruptly stopped manufacturing or repairing instruments during the COVID pandemic. This left an urgent need for an accurate, reliable and tested sensor to take its place. PMEL models its surface radiation measurements after the best practices and high-quality measurements made by the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). In BSRN�s network of ~900 surface pyranometers and pyrgeometers, more than 90% are Eppley or Kipp & Zonen, split nearly equally. Based on this long track record of reliable quality measurements, Kipp & Zonen are the only sensors that can maintain the quality of our dataset, in the absence of Eppley, without extensive testing and development and a huge cost to the government. Furthermore, we have conferred with NOAA radiation experts at the NOAA Global Systems Laboratory (GSL), who have extensively tested multiple radiometers (and primarily use Eppley & K&Z) and confirmed that these are the only sensors that will immediately and reliably meet our needs and be comparable to the global BSRN network. ***Please see the attached RFQ for details.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/0f3ce6f1f7474fec933852761cd4d19d/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Seattle, WA 98115, USA

Zip Code: 98115

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06730504-F 20230630/230629060346 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

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