Pre-Solicitation Synopsis TRH.docx

GENERAL INFORMATION:

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

U. S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD), 200 Granby Street, Room 815, Norfolk, VA 23510

Synopsis:

The DOC, NOAA, Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), EAD has a requirement to support the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Temperature Relative Humidity (TRH) Sensors. This solicitation is to procure a single system replacement for the existing dual-system Outside Air Temperature Sensor and Dew Point Temperature Sensor. The procured system will provide one reading that consists of the representative ambient Outside Air Temperature and Dew Point Temperature or the representative ambient Outside Air Temperature and Relative Humidity reading from which the Dew Point Temperature can be derived through other means. This is a new requirement, and there are no incumbents.

The Government anticipates awarding a single award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm Fixed Price provisions based on a best value basis. The period of performance of this procurement will be for five years. This requirement will be solicited and awarded using FAR Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Items.

Estimated Quantity for Five Year Ordering Period

The solicitation will be competed as an unrestricted requirement. The North American Industry Classification Code System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334513- Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variable and the corresponding size standard is 750. All responsible and fully responsive businesses may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. Any resulting contract will be awarded as an IDIQ contract with Firm Fixed Price provisions. A Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation will be made available for download on or about July 15, 2021 at https://sam.gov/content/home. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the SAM.Gov features which provide a notification when the Request for Quote (RFQ) becomes available for download. These features also inform interested parties of all postings of information associated with this solicitation thereafter. Each potential quoter is responsible for checking the SAM.Gov website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. Electronic submission of the contractor’s quote is hereby authorized, but must be transmitted by the posted response date and time. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at the SAM.Gov website.

All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Margaret Williams, Contract Specialist, at Margaret.williams@noaa.gov.

Companies offering a response to this notice shall ensure that they are registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), www.sam.gov, prior to submission of quotations. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the SAM. NO award shall be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. In order to register with the SAM and be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors shall also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at: http://www.dnb.com/ or by phone at (800) 333-0505.