SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER
- Notice Date
- 2/12/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- 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
- AB133F-14-RQ-0142
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Phone: (206) 526-6226
- E-Mail Address
-
randall.w.brown@noaa.gov
(randall.w.brown@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH KONGSBERG UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGY, INC. (KONGSBERG). THE NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) INTENDS TO ISSUE A FIXED-PRICE PURCHASE ORDER ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS TO KONGSBERG FOR A MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) 13.106-1(b). KONGSBERG IS THE ONLY KNOWN VENDOR THAT PROVIDES A WIDE BAND TRANSCEIVER (WBT) THAT POSSESSES A HIGH-FREQUENCY MULTI-MODE CHIRP MULTIBEAM SONAR SYSTEM. THE WBT TRANSMITS WIDE BANDWITH (45 kHz - 90 khZ) ACOUSTIC PULSES OVER COMPOSITE TRANSUDCERS AND PROCESSES THE DATA IN REAL-TIME TO PROVIDE 3-D TARGET LOCATIONS AND BACKSCATTERING SPECTRA WITH UNPRECEDENTED HIGH SNR. THE M3 MULTIBEAM PROVIDES WIDE BANDWIDTH CHIRP SIGNALS (500 kHz CENTER FREQUENCY) TO PROVIDE 1 CM RANGE RESOLUTION, 120-DEGREE FIELD OF VIEW, 1.6-DEGREE ANGULAR RESOLUTION, AND IMAGING AND PROFILING MODES. NOAA INTENDS TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER TO KONGSBERG ON OR AROUND 2/24/2014. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. A COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO INTERESTED PARTIES THAT IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE THE REQUESTED EQUIPMENT. RESPONSES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 2/21/2014, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE FILLED USING FAR PART 12 AND 13 PROCEDURES. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $150,000. THE WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM). NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDOR IS REGISTERED IN SAM. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN SAM, PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.SAM.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE SAM 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.
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