AXIB II - Airborne Expendable Ice Beacon (Artic Buoys)

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
N6306124RC00BFS
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

PSC
2050 Buoys
Place of performance
Seattle, Washington, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Paragraph 1:

The Department of the Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command is seeking to procure Airborne Expendable Ice Beacon (AXIB) II rugged, drifting buoys that can survive the annual freeze/thaw cycles and harsh sea ice conditions of the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Arctic and Southern Oceans. This is a pre-solicitation notice, not a request for quotes, and is for market research and planning purposes only. The government plans to procure the buoys as a commercial product and expects a delivery date of September 30, 2024. Responses to the sources sought notice are due by 12:00pm EST on August 16, 2024 and should include company information, contract vehicles, and whether the company is an authorized reseller for the required products.

Paragraph 2:

This procurement opportunity is not set-aside for any specific business type. The NAICS code is 334513 for Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing, with a size standard of 750 employees. No potential incumbents or award values are provided, but the government is seeking to procure 23 AXIB II buoys with specific technical requirements such as Vinylester Fiberglass hulls, steel ballast rods, and the ability to transmit data via Iridium satellite and survive temperatures as low as -40°C.

Notice text

***************This is not a request for quote***************

Subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled "Solicitation for Information of Planning Purpose," this announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Notice to provide Airborne Expendable Ice Beacon (AXIB) II rugged, drifting buoys that can survive the annual freeze/thaw cycles and the harsh sea ice conditions of the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Arctic and Southern Oceans for the Naval Ice Center (NAVICE). This is not a solicitation announcement for quotes and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. This does not constitute a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. The Government plans to procure these as a Commercial product as defined in FAR 2.101.

NAICS Code

The NAICS Code for this requirement is 334513, Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables, and the size standard is 750 employees.

Delivery Location

Polar Science Center/Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

List of Technical Specifications

Please reference the attached List of Technical Specifications which include the quantity of each commercial product the Department of the Navy may seek to procure.
The Government expects a required delivery date of 30 September 2024.

Reponses to this Sources Sought request shall reference N6306124RC00BFS. Responses shall include the following information in this format:

1. Company name, address, POC name, phone number, and email.
2. Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Code.
3. Size of Business - Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantage, 8(a), HUB-Zone, Woman-owned and/or Veteran-owned.
4. If products included in the attached List of Technical Specifications can be solicited from your company’s GSA, SeaPort-NxG, or NASA SEWP V contract vehicle, please provide the applicable contract number.
5. Please specify if your company is an authorized reseller/dealer or similar for any of the products/brands included in the attached List of Technical Specifications.
Submissions are not to exceed three (3) standard typewritten pages.

***************This is not a request for quote***************

Responses shall be emailed to David Vaughn at david.e.vaughn6.civ@us.navy.mil and Amber Geusic at amber.m.geusic.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 12:00pm EST on 16 August 2024.

Respondents will not be notified of results. Please note the information within this Sources Sought Notice will be updated and/or may change prior to an official synopsis/solicitation is issued, if any.

NOTE: Proprietary information should be clearly marked. The requested information is for planning and market research purposes only and will not be publicly released.

***************This is not a request for a quote***************

Files

File Type Posted
N6306124RC00AFS - Technical Specifications.pdf PDF

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