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

59 -- MIN/MAX TEMPERATURE INSTRUMENT SHELTER AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY SOL 51-DGNW-6-90171 DUE 091896 POC Eleanor E. Kaul, Contract Specialist, and Gregory N. Smith, Contracting Officer, 301/713-0823 or via fax at 301/713-0806 The National Weather Service (NWS) of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a requirement for the procurement of up to 400 maximum/minimum (max/min)temperature system (MMTS) instrument shelter and temperature sensor subassemblies to include manufacturing to Government supplied design specifications and testing of the units. The procurement shall contain two (2) options for 400 each and one (1) option for 100 each. The MMTS instrument shelter and temperature sensor subassembly will be a part of the max/min temperature system that collects, processes, and displays ambient temperature data, stores the max/min temperature until reset, and displays the max/min temperatures upon query. The instrument shelter and the temperature sensor subassembly does not require any power to operate. The MMTS instrument shelter shall be assembled from molded plastic parts and shall house an off-the-shelf thermistor as the temperature sensor. All artwork, parts lists, and schematics necessary to reproduce the instrument shelter and temperature sensor subassembly will be provided by the NWS. Government acceptance of the MMTS instrument shelter and temperature sensor subassembly shall be contingent upon the unit successfully passing all tests associated with the Contractor's and the Government's Quality Assurance(Q/A) programs. The Q/A provisions follow a logical sequence providing thorough testing of preproduction units prior to production release followed by limited testing of production units to demonstrate compliant operation in the absence of infant-mortality. All responsible sources interested in this procurement can request a copy of this solicitation by sending a fax on company letterhead to the attention of Eleanor E. Kaul at 301/713-0806. See Note #1 regarding small business set-aside. (0213)

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