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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF AUGUST 24, 2023 SAM #7940
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- Paroscientific, Inc. pressure sensors for use on PIRATA And RAMA buoys in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Notice Date

8/22/2023 3:59:59 PM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

334519 — Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
 

ZIP Code

98115
 

Solicitation Number

NRMAH000230117KDK
 

Response Due

8/6/2023 2:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

08/21/2023
 

Point of Contact

Kirsten D. Keen, Phone: 3035786662
 

E-Mail Address

Kirsten.Keen@noaa.gov
(Kirsten.Keen@noaa.gov)
 

Description

NRMAH0002301176KDK ***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION�S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER AND THE OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR)/PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRO LAB (PMEL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH PAROSCIENTIFIC INC FOR quantity 6 of PAROSCIENTIFIC DIGIQUARTZ BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSORS, MODEL MET1-2 (P/N 1488-00) TO BE DELIVERED TO OR PICKED UP BY THE PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRO LAB LOCATED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA�S REQUIREMENT THAT PAROSCIENTIFIC INC IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THIS BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSOR. ��THIS REQUISITION IS FOR BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSORS THAT MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ON REMOTELY MOORED ATLAS BUOYS.� THESE BUOYS ARE PART OF A LARGER INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO MONITOR OCEAN CONDITIONS IN THE EQUATORIAL REGIONS OF THE ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, AND INDIAN OCEANS, AND HAVE BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT SINCE 1982. THE PAROSCIENTIFIC MET1-2 SENSOR TRANSMITS ITS DATA USING AN RS-232 SERIAL LINE, WITH THE DATE IN A PROPRIETARY FORMAT UNIQUE TO PARASCIENTIFIC, WHICH OUR CUSTOM DESIGNED DATA LOGGING ELECTRONICS, AND EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING CAN ACCEPT WITH MINIMAL ENGINEERING EFFORT.� WE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED THE SOFTWARE EMBEDDED IN OUR DATA LOGGER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PAROSCIENTIFIC COMMANDS AND RESULTING DATA FORMAT.� CHANGING TO ANOTHER VENDOR WOULD REQUIRE USE TO REDESIGN THE INPUT CIRCUITRY, RE-ENGINEER OUR INSTRUMENTATION SOFTWARE, AND SCHEDULE AN EXTENDED DURATION TESTING PERIOD TO VERIFY PERFORMANCE AND LONG TERM ACCURACY � AL OF WHICH WOULD REQUIRE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME AND BE A VERY EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING.� PMEL HAS PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED A NUMBER OF THESE UNITS AND HAS DEPLOYED THEM IN THE ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, AND INDIAN OCEANS ON ATLAS AND TSUNAMI BUOYS.� THE DATA IS TELEMETERED BACK TO THE LABORATORY AND CAN BE ACCESSED BY SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE IN REAL-TIME ON THE PMEL WEB SITE.� DELIVER BY 10/27/2023 ***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

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/b41cf03899cc464189db6afda000e824/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Redmond, WA 98052, USA

Zip Code: 98052

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06800979-F 20230824/230822230053 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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