BOASolicitation.AttachmentB.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

The Global Class Vessel Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) solicitation was originally solicited under solicitation number EA-133W-15-RQ-0621 as a Full and Open Competition and three subsequent amendments were issued. BOA’s were established with four (4) small businesses and one (1) large business for a ten (10) year ordering period.

This pre-solicitation notice is for a re-opening of solicitation EA-133W-15-RQ-0621 (Amendment No. 0005) in order to conduct an open season "on-ramp" in accordance with original synopsis, which states, “In addition, the Government anticipates issuing an 'on-ramp' solicitation for additional BOA holders on at least an annual basis. It is anticipated the BOAs resulting from the on-ramp solicitation will have an ordering period concurrent with the initial BOA holders. These 'on-ramp' procedures will promote competition and allow for newly interested and qualified Vendors to receive a BOA. The Government reserves the right to off-ramp BOA holders at any time should they fail to adequately perform under any orders issued against the BOAs or fail to maintain a qualified vessel meeting NDBC's specifications.

IMPORTANT NOTE: An “on-ramp” solicitation is not a new procurement and operates differently than the original pre-solicitation notice, posted to FBO.gov on July 20, 2015. An “on-ramp” solicitation is a result of the provisions established in the original solicitation and is issued as a solicitation amendment to the original solicitation. The terms and conditions of the original solicitation require that the award decision under the open season “on-ramp” solicitation is based upon substantially the same evaluation factors/sub-factors as the original solicitation. (See Section A, Paragraph 6, of the solicitation, titled, BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT SOLICITATION FOR

THE NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER’S MARINE SERVICES REQUIREMENT).

Additionally, the terms and conditions of the original solicitation require that the terms and conditions of any resulting awards are materially identical to the existing version of solicitation EA- 133W-15-RQ-0621. Accordingly, while the Government will entertain questions and industry input regarding the on-ramp solicitation amendment, the Government anticipates very little change as a result from this input, especially as it regards any potential changes to the evaluation factors or resulting terms and conditions.

This pre-solicitation notice, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.204, is posted by the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS) National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) to announce the intention to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for a Global Class Vessel Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) solicitation number EA-133W-15-RQ-0621 as a Full and Open Competition through Amendment No. 0005;

The North American Industry Classification Code System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 483111 with a size standard of 500 employees. For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Jackie Shewmaker, Contract Specialist, at jackie.a.shewmaker@noaa.gov

SCOPE OF WORK:

The Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service (NWS) National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), has a requirement to provide Marine Services to support Scheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance for the NDBC's Ocean Observation System of Systems (NOOSS).

The NDBC, a part of the NOAA's NWS, operates and quality controls data from more than 100 moored buoys, 50 Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations, 55 Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO), and 39 Deep-Ocean Reporting and Assessment of Tsunamis (DART®) stations.

NDBC monitors and distributes environmental data from more than 570 partner stations such as, Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) (approximately 300 stations) , National Ocean Service (NOS) (approximately 200 stations), and Minerals Management Service (MMS) stations (approximately 70 stations) in addition to the NDBC operated moored buoy and C-MAN stations.

These stations acquire environmental data used primarily for preparing weather warnings, analyses, and forecasts. Buoys are also used to provide ground-truth measurements for space-based observation platforms and to establish long-term environmental records for engineering applications, climate research, and air-sea interaction studies. NDBC has developed the capability to make a variety of measurements, including Atmospheric pressure; wind direction, speed, and gust; air and water temperature; wave energy spectra (non-directional and directional); water-column height (Tsunami Detection); relative humidity; ocean current velocity; precipitation; salinity; solar radiation; visibility;

water level and water quality.

The NDBC, IOOS, NOS, and MMS network is comprised of sites offshore and along most of the U.S. coastline, including Alaska, Hawaii, and the Great Lakes. The importance of accurate data from these stations cannot be over emphasized. The maritime community has come to rely on the data for the safe conduct of operations, and the network often provides the only real-time measurements available from remote, data sparse areas. NDBC manages the development, deployment, operations, and maintenance of stations and platforms that comprise the NOOSS. Most NOOSS components are deployed in harsh marine environments and require scheduled service visits for repairs to its components. In some instances, rapid discrepancy visits are required to effect repairs for outages deemed critical to the safety of the general public or the marine industry.

The final "on-ramp" solicitation documents will be available on or about July 15, 2020.

in the form of an amendment to solicitation number EA-133W-15-RQ-0621. The due date for receipt of proposals will be stated in the final solicitation amendment. The solicitation amendment will only be available for download through the SAM.gov website located under Solicitation No. EA-133W-15-RQ-0621. Offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation amendment documents and for monitoring the following web link:

https://beta.sam.gov/opp/0363b855b7414ab187a9a6b5e32a0d14/view for changes or additional information.

NOTE: Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the SAM.gov website ["Add to Watch list"] and ["Add me to Interested Vendors"] features which provide a notification when the solicitation becomes available for download. This feature also informs interested parties of all postings of information associated with this solicitation thereafter.

Each potential Vendor is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at https://beta.sam.gov/opp/0363b855b7414ab187a9a6b5e32a0d14/view

All interested Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)cprior to receiving an award. You may access SAM at https://www.sam.gov