Closed-Loop Algae Controller

***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, NATIIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICES (NMFS) AND NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER NEFSC MILFORD LABORATORY, INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH INDUSTRIAL PLANKTON INC. OUT OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMIBA, CANADA FOR A CLOSED-LOOP ALGAE DENSITY CONTROLLER AND & DOSER TO BE DELIVERED TO MILFORD CONNECTICUT.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT INDUSTRIAL PLANKTON INC. IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THIS CLOSED-LOOP ALGAE DENSITY CONTROLLER AND & DOSER. THE CLOSED-LOOP ALGAE DENSITY CONTROLLER AND & DOSER IS FOR A MONITORING AND CONTROL APPARATUS THAT PRECISELY DISTRIBUTES MICROALGAE CULTURED IN INDUSTRIAL PLANKTON BIOREACTORS INTO A CONTINUOUS SEAWATER FLOW TO FEED OYSTER LARVAE IN A FLOW-THROUGH HATCHERY. THE USER INTERFACE AND FUNCTION RECORD MUST BE 100% COMPATIBLE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PLANKTON BIOREACTORS FROM WHICH ALGAE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SO THAT THE COHERENT PERFORMANCE RECORDS ARE OBTAINED CONTINUOUSLY. INDUSTRIAL PLANKTON INC IS DESIGNING AND BUILDING A CUSTOM SYSTEM TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS AROUND THEIR PROPRIETARY USER INTERFACE. CURRENTLY, MICROALGAL FEEDS FOR A NEW OYSTER BREEDING HATCHERY ARE BEING CULTIVATED IN TWO INDUSTRIAL PLANKTON BIOREACTORS IN USE FOR 2 YEARS. THE NEW SYSTEM MUST INTERFACE WITH THESE EXISTING BIOREACTORS TO ACCURATELY DISTRIBUTE MICROALGAE INTO NEW, FLOWING SEAWATER OYSTER HATCHERY CONSISTING OF 56 INDENTITCAL CONTAINERS, EACH CONTAINING A DIFFERENT GENETIC LINE OF OYSTERS. OTHER COMPANIES COULD DESIGN, DILUTION, AND DISTRIBUTION, AND MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR MICROALGAE WITHING A SEAWATER FLOW, BUT THE USER INERFACE AND DATA-COLLECTION PROGRAMMING WOULD NO BE COMPATABLE WITH THE EXISTING BIOREACTORS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE THE SYSTEMS AS A COORDINATED WHOLE. INTRODUCING AN INCOMPATABLE, SECOND SYSTEM COULD LEAD TO CONFUSION, MISTAKES, AND THREATS TO THE MISSION THAT PRESENTS ONLY ONE OPPORTUNITY PER YEAR TO PRODUCE A 100 UNIQUE GENETIC LINES OF OYSTERS. THE REQUIRED SUPPLIES MUST BE COMPATIBLE IN ALL ASPECTS WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PLANKTON INC IS THE ONLY SOURCE THAT IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT.

DELIVERY WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD.

***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.