1g. Sources Sought Final.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Barbados Laboratory Services and Flask Air Sampling

This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal or Quotation. It is not considered to be a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided;

no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought Notice or Government use of any information provided.

Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to:

1. Determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists.

2. Determine whether the acquisition should utilize any of the small business programs in accordance with FAR Part 19.

Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action.

Requirement: This notice is issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Acquisition Division (WAD) and Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) to identify sources capable of providing the following:

Maintenance of the Ragged Point Barbados (RPB) observatory facility and instrumentation year-round to ensure instrument performance and data quality, security, and calibration. The site must be staffed 5 days a week in order to ensure data quality and site security. Facility maintenance includes, but is not limited to, general upkeep and rust mitigation for the AGAGE trailer, and maintenance of the inlet lines on the adjacent tower. Another requirement is flask air sampling at Mace Head, Ireland: a target sampling frequency of two GML flask pairs per week. The requirement is to be performed at (1) Ragged Point, Barbados, (2) Sealy Hall, Saint Phillip Parrish, Barbados, and (3) Mace Head Atmospheric Research Facility in Galway, Ireland.

The scope of the acquisition is to acquire, evaluate, and make available accurate, long-term records of atmospheric trace gases that influence stratospheric ozone and climate at the Ragged Point site, Barbados. Also included is flask air sampling at no more than two (2) GML flask pairs per week (one pair each for halocarbons and major greenhouse gases) at Mace Head, Ireland.

A Firm Fixed-Price contract is anticipated for award.

Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated Period of Performance (PoP) is 29 August, 2024 through 28 August, 2029.

NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services, and the size standard is $19.0 M.

Submission of Information: Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information.

Companies may respond to this Sources Sought Notice via email to: sarah.corey@noaa.gov no later than 19 April 2024 at 12:00 PM Mountain Time.

Please provide the following information/documentation:

1. Name of Company, Address and Unique Entity ID.

2. Point of Contact and Phone Number.

3. Business Size applicable to the NAICS Code: 8(a) Small Business Concern, Hub Zone Small

Business Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSBC) or a Small Business Concern.

4. Statement for Proposal Submission:

• Evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, points of contact and telephone numbers.

• Brief statement on how your company will perform the work.

• Confirmation that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued as a result of this Sources Sought Notice.

Interested parties: Need to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Failure to submit sufficient detailed information may result in considering a company as not a viable source and may influence competition and set-aside decisions. Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this requirement.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation.

After a review of the responses received from this notice, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor the GPE for release of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Notice. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.

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