Crane Safety Equipment Design and Installation Oscar Elton Sette

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

NOAA's Marine Operations Center, Acquisition, Accountability, and Analysis Branch, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with North Pacific Crane Company, LLC, of Seattle, Washington, for the design and installation of crane safety equipment which include load sensors, anti-two block systems, movement sensors, and cutoff switches for the crane installed aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette. The assigned NAICS is 333923 - Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing. The small business size standard is 1,250 employees. Under the assigned NAICS North Pacific Crane Company, LLC is a small business.

The sole source determination is based on the crane's current ABS system approval. North Pacific Crane retains the proprietary technology regarding calculations and origin design making them the only source capable of incorporating the safety systems required to retain ABS certification.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide equipment that fully meets 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.

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