SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GENERATION OF MOORED PLATFORMS
- Notice Date
- 11/23/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-10-03163
- Archive Date
- 12/22/2009
- Point of Contact
- Melvin N. Fondue, Phone: (206) 526-6043
- E-Mail Address
-
melvin.n.fondue@noaa.gov
(melvin.n.fondue@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY (PMEL). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH HUGH MILBURN FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF PICO AND EASY TO DEPLOY MOORED PLATFORMS IN SUPPORT OF MAJOR NATIONAL PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY.. PMEL REQUIRES DESIGN OF NEXT GENERATION OF OCEANOGRAPHIC BUOYS AND SENSORS FOR CURRENT MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS TAO, PIRATA, TSUNAMI, AND UPCOMING PROJECTS SUCH AS GLOBAL CO2 NORTH PACIFIC SEA LEVEL PRESSURE. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE TAO, PIRATA, AND DART BUOY ARRAYS AND HAS DEVELOPED THE CONCEPTS FOR PICO (PLATFORM AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR CONTINUOUS OCEAN OBSERVATIONS) FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR CURRENTLY HOLDS TWO PATENTS ON THE DART SYSTEM AND THE MOORING LINE USED IN PICO. HE UNDERSTANDS THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND THE NEED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION PLATFORMS FOR PMEL?S PROGRAMS. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE WITH INTRINSIC KNOWLEDGE OF PMEL?S PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, PICO MOORING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED CONTRACT.THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505. ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AT HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/WASC/WRAD-10-03163/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 7600 SAND POINT WAY NE, SEATTLE, Washington, 98115, United States
- Zip Code: 98115
- Zip Code: 98115
- Record
- SN02009831-W 20091125/091123235927-b9419c98058a8e3d144a9cfa212ac430 (fbodaily.com)
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