DOC Keysight Test Equipment

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks replacement diagnostic test equipment—Keysight power meters and sensors—to support WSR-88D NEXRAD radar operations, with proposals due September 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. EST and questions due September 4 at 11:00 a.m. EST. This procurement is brand-name restricted to Keysight; vendors must be authorized Keysight resellers.

Place of performance is Norman, Oklahoma. The solicitation spans five contract line items totaling 150 units: 30 Keysight Power Meters (Model N1913B-005), 30 Medium Power Sensors (Model N8481A), 30 High Power Sensors (Model N8481H), 30 Low Power Sensors (Model N8481D), and 30 Power Sensor Cables (Model 11730C). All equipment must be delivered FOB Destination to NWS Radar Operations Center within 365 days of award; partial or incremental deliveries are acceptable. The NAICS code is 334515. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation under Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12 for commercial products; this announcement constitutes the only solicitation and no separate written solicitation will be issued.

The brand-name restriction is justified by the requirement to maintain 96 percent operational availability under a Tri-Agency Memorandum of Agreement and to preserve established NIST-traceable testing and calibration baselines integrated over the NEXRAD program's 30-year lifecycle. Alternate brands would require costly engineering change proposals, software rewrites, manual updates, and personnel retraining across multiple agencies.

Quotations must be submitted electronically in the provided Excel pricing format with a minimum 60-day validity period. Evaluation is on a pass/fail basis considering technical acceptability and price. Award is anticipated on an all-or-none, fixed-price basis with Net 30 payment terms. Vendors must maintain active SAM registrations and provide specification sheets demonstrating capability understanding.