US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), PGAS, Procurement Operations Division, 1325 East West Highway, Station 4301, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283

70 -- DTMF-TO-ASCII CONVERTERS POC Sandra Souders, Purchasing Agent; Lawrence Frazier, 301/713-0854 The U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA intends to award the following Black Box Corp. items on a competitive sole make and model basis: Hardware: 100 (Qty) DTMF-TO-ASCII Converters (P/NK1KA16478) for the PC ROSA cooperative observers program for the NWS. Items include 1 year limited warranty and vendordocumentation including documentation on NWS requestedmodifications. Modified hardware must operate with NWS PC ROSA software under Linux version 1.28. All responsible sources shall respond by submitting a written narrative statement ofcapability, including detailed technical information and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to meet the above requirement, within 15 days of this notice, to the above address.The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirements. It is required that pricing data be included as part of the response,including terms and conditions. Do not request a solicitation, award will be made on a purchase order. Reference No. 6-4256 in your response. (0184)

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