Sources Sought 145034-25-0104.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

UV Spectroradiometer

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), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) to identify sources capable of providing the following:

The requirement is to provide UV Spectroradiometer for use at the Boulder, CO Global Monitoring Laboratory.

Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated delivery date is 11/7/2025. A Firm Fixed price contract is anticipated for award.

NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 334519, NAICS Description, and the size standard is 600 employees.

Required Supplies:

A direct spectral irradiance measurement system for continuing and enhancing the long-term monitoring of ozone into the future.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

1. A UV spectrophotometer or spectroradiometer capable of measuring solar UV light with spectral resolution that can be used to derive total column ozone. It must measure spectral irradiance, irradiance, peak wavelength, and center wavelength.

2. The detector must have a minimum of 2048 pixels with a pixel resolution of not more than 0.14nm/Pixel; Temporal resolution or measurement time of 0.1-6000ms; and integration times ranging from 2 µs up to 60 s.

3. The measurement device must be able to measure the spectral irradiance of UV light with responsivity in the spectral range of 190 to 430 nm with less than 1nm resolution.

4. Demonstrated TCO drift of not more than 1% per year, traceable to an internal or external calibration.

5. Include a mechanism (like optical filters) for stray light rejection and/or mitigation.

6. The instrument must show that it can achieve (with more than one peer reviewed article) an overall mean bias of measured total ozone not more than 1% when compared to fully calibrated Dobson or Brewer spectrophotometers.

7. The instrument must be able to track and point the instrument to the sun. with a pan and tilt resolution of not more than 0.006°

8. The instrument must be capable of being housed outdoors in ambient conditions. The essential components of the instrument must be water-tight. And must be able to be operated in temperatures of (-25 to 50) °C

9. Must be able to show that the Combined measurement uncertainty is not more than 1.5% with the non-linearity and stray light component not exceeding 0.5% and measuring noise component not exceeding 0.3%.

10. The instrument must include all software needed to record the measurements from the instrument.

11. The instrument design and manufacturing process should support scalable production, allowing for the fabrication of multiple similar units. This capability is essential to enable deployment across a distributed monitoring network, ensuring data consistency and comparability across all sites.

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 no later than 16 August 2025 at 1200 Eastern 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 providing supplies similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, points of contact and telephone numbers.

• Brief statement on the supplies you intend to supply, with country of origin.

• 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.