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H -- QUALITY CONTROL, TESTING & INSPECTION SERVICES SOL 98-3300 DUE 061698 POC Vivian Smith, 301-713-0853 Lawrence Frazier 301-713-0851 H -- Quality control, testing & inspection services/The Department of Commerce NOAA/National Weather Service wants to purchase meteorological data loggers for testing and evaluation purposes. Only one qualified sample from each manufacturer will be selected. The NWS already owns samples of the following and will not consider them in the purchase action: Handar, model 555; Campbell Scientific Inc., model CR-10X; Sutron Corp., model 8210; and Synergetics International, model 3400. The NWS will consider only commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment that meets the following salient characteristics: Environmental -- The data loggers shall operate when mounted in an unsheltered exposed location, over the whole range of environmental conditions as experienced by any location in the United States and its territories, but not inclusive: -50 c to +50 c temperatures, up to 125 knot winds, precipitation, all types and rates, direct solar insolation, atmospheric (direct and/or induced) electrical chargesand surges, excluding direct lightning strikes, marine and other atmospheric borne contaminates. Measurement Inputs and OUtputs (I/O) -- The data logger shall be capable of supporting the majority of COTS meteorological measurement instruments that are on the market at this time, to the accuracy, resolution, and measurement rates that the instruments are capable of, and shall include the capability of all the following minimum number and types of inputs/outputs: 4-analog inputs, 2-excitation outputs, 4-digital inputs/outputs, 2-pulse counting inputs, or 1 pulse and 1 frequency input, 1 digital quadrature signal input, power and ground connections, 1-DC 5v output, 1-SDI-12 (Serial Data Interface-1200baud) port. Communications I/O -- The data logger shall be capable of supporting the following minimum set of communication and data retrieval mechanisms: phone modem, RF modem/transmitter, Satellite interface modem/transmitter, Local Display, with a one (1) line (min.) readout and sealed, externally accessible pushbutton(s) (1 min.) for control of displayed information, RS-232 connection to PC Computer, removable Data Storage/transport modules, Voice/Data phone modem with data to voice generation capability. Control/Timing -- The data logger shall -- be programmable for control of all inputs, outputs, measurement parameters, data manipulation capabilities, data conversion and translation capabilities, data logging capabilities, unit identification, sample rates, input range selection where applicable, displayed values, data selection for communications, and communication/data retrieval mechanisms, date, time tag, and identify all data, include an operating system that minimizes user programming and supports metorological instrument measure- ment set up and data acquisition by user selection of instrument type or measurement parameters, be supplied with easy to use PC computer based software for control of set-up, programming, logging, downloading and retrieval of both progams and data, be accessible, programmable, controllable and support data retrieval by direct connection to a RS-232 serial port and over any above mentioned bi-directional communications link, by any computer/terminal that supports the above link and the ASCII protocol. Any offerors that have the ability to provide this type of equipment are invited to submit information as to their capabilities and any other pertinent data to the address above, to be received no later than 06/16/98 (other specifications will be submitted at that time). Award will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Reference No. 98-3300 Vivian.K.Smith@noaa.gov (0154)

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