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58 -- SEASONDE SYSTEM TO MAP OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS FROM SHORE SOL EASC RFQ 00-2231 DUE 062700 POC Teresa L. Watson, Contract Specialist,(757)441-6528, William D. Privott, Contracting Officer, (757)441-6561 WEB: Click here to access our homepage, www.easc.noaa.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, teresa.l.watson@noaa.gov. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS) is issuing notice of intent to negotiate a sole source procurement with CODAR Ocean Sensors, LTD to provide a HF radar system that can map ocean surface currents from the coast. This HF radar system will include two transmitters, two receivers, two transmit antennas, two receive antennas, two radar site computers and one central processing computer (each with modem), software, manuals, and antenna calibration transponder. The mapping of ocean surface currents from shore requires a unique type of radar system. To extract the current unambiguously from the Doppler-shifted signals, the systems must operate in the HF band, which is far from the conventional microwave bands used by all other radars. CODAR Ocean Sensors, Ltd. produces the SeaSonde family of CODAR products, a complete system being constituted by hardware, software, antennas, and cabling. The main features that mark the SeaSonde systems are: (i) the compact antenna unit; (ii) the efficient low-power waveform, along with its digital generation and processing on desktop PC-type computers which leads to a low-cost, robust system. Patents for these unique features are held by CODAR Ocean Sensors, Ltd. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 USC 253 (c) (1), Only One Responsible Source. Interested parties may identify their interest and must provide evidence of their capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Numbered note 22 applies. Posted 06/09/00 (W-SN463435). (0161)

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