1g Sources Sought PR NRMJ20002300143.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Scanning Doppler Lidar

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 and Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) to identify sources capable of providing the following:

Scanning Doppler Lidar for atmospheric applications

Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated delivery date is 31 July 2023. A firm fixed price contract is anticipated for award.

NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and the size standard is 1,000 employees.

Scope of Work: The scope of the acquisition is to acquire Scanning Doppler Lidar for atmospheric measurement systems to improve our understanding of weather, air quality, and climate processes, and to evaluate and improve numerical predictions models.

The equipment technical specifications are as follow:

• Physical size and weight: no larger than 28 inches by 28 inches (length by width), and less than 200 lbs. (91 kg).

• Ability for precise time synchronization of scans with multiple lidar systems

• Bandwidth: at least 19 m/s in both positive and negative directions

• Eye safety: Fully eye-safe, Class 1M

• Laser wavelength: ideally in the 1.5 μm spectral region

• Range resolution: better than 30 m

• First reliable range gate: typically less than 60 m

• Maximum range: 15 km or greater

• Temporal resolution selectable in from 0.1 – 30 seconds

• Velocity precision < 20 cm s-1 for SNR > -17 dB

• Scanner:

-Able to scan the entire hemisphere, with 0.01° resolution in both axes, user programmable

• Programmable scan definitions that can be specified via an external text file. The unit should be able to store raw, ungated auto covariance data at the same rate as the moment data.

• Operating temperature range:

-20C to +40C, temperature stabilized environmental enclosure.

• Power requirement: 24V DC, 150 W (Extra 340 W [maximum] for extended cooling option)

• Pulse rate: 10 kHz

• Windows 10, solid-state hard drive

• UDP data broadcasting

• Email alerts (low drive space, power cut, over temperature etc.)

• Integrated GPS

• 1-year warranty

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: darrin.moore@noaa.gov or jade.moreira@noaa.gov no later than 20 March 2023 at 5:00pm ET.

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.