SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- WIDEBAND ECHOSOUNDERS FOR ACOUSTIC SURVEYS OF OFFSHORE WIND AREAS
- Notice Date
- 8/10/2023 4:10:02 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Solicitation Number
- NFFM72202302271KAW
- Response Due
- 8/25/2023 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/26/2023
- Point of Contact
- Kerri Coffey, Phone: 3035786861
- E-Mail Address
-
Kerri.Coffey@noaa.gov
(Kerri.Coffey@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION�S (NOAA�s) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NEFSC) IN WOODS HOLE, MA INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH KONGSBERG UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY, LLC FOR WIDEBAND ECHOSOUNDERS FOR ACOUSTIC SURVEYS OF OFFSHORE WIND AREAS. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA�S REQUIREMENT THAT KONGSBERG UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY, LLC IS THE ONLY VENDOR ABLE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED ECHOSOUNDERS.� THE KONGSBERG UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY, LLC ECHOSOUNDERS IS CONSISTENT WITH ECHOSOUNDERS THAT ARE FOUND ON ALL OF NOAA�S CREWED VESSELS AND UNCREWED SURFACE VEHICLES, AND IN SCIENTIFIC GEAR AND INSTRUMENTATION THAT IS CRITICAL FOR MAINTAINING THE SCIENTIFIC TIME SERIES AT THE NEFSC AND FOR COMPARING DATA AMONG DIFFERENT VESSELS AND PLATFORMS THAT COLLECT ACOUSTIC DATA.� BY PURCHASING THE KONGSBERG UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY, LLC ECHOSOUNDERS WILL ALLOW NEFSC TO MAINTAIN COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER NOAA LINE OFFICES AND BROADEN THE POOL OF INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR OBTAINING SCIENTIFIC DATA. ALSO, KONGSBERG UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY, LLC ECHOSOUNDERS WILL ENABLE NEFSC TO SEAMLESSLY AND TIMELY INTEGRATE INTO EXISTING ECHOSOUNDERS. DELIVERY: �AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ***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
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06784764-F 20230812/230810230049 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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