GML Greenhouse Gas Air Sampling Flights
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 145034240046SM
- Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- PSC
- F999 Other Environmental Services
- Place of performance
- United States
- Points of contact
-
- Stephanie Mas stephanie.mas@noaa.gov (303) 578-6768
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a Special Notice for GML Greenhouse Gas Air Sampling Flights. NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Earth Systems Research Laboratories, and Global Monitoring Laboratory intend to negotiate a sole source contract with ChampionX LLC for non-personal services related to greenhouse gas air sampling flights near Trinidad, CA and Byers, CO.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide details on NOAA's requirement for ChampionX LLC to continue conducting the greenhouse gas air sampling flights that they have been performing since 2010 and 2016 respectively. NOAA has determined that ChampionX LLC is the only vendor capable of providing the required services, which include having the necessary aircraft, pilot qualifications, certifications, and technical expertise. The period of performance will be from the date of award through one year after award. While this is not a request for competitive proposals, firms that believe they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation within 15 days of the notice's publication, which the government will evaluate to determine if a competitive procurement is warranted.
Notice text
***The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder (WAD), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Earth Systems Research Laboratories (ESRL), Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with ChampionX LLC located in The Woodlands, TX for non-personal services for greenhouse gas air sampling flights to be performed near Trinidad, CA and Byers, CO.
***The sole source determination is based on NOAA’s requirement that ChampionX is the only vendor able to provide the required services. ChampionX has been successfully carrying out the flights offshore from California since 2010 and in Colorado since 2016. They have the aircraft, pilot qualifications, certifications, and required technical and flight expertise to carry out the required sampling flights. ChampionX has modified aircraft as necessary (and obtained any required Federal Aviation Administration approvals) to install and operate the GML instrumentation and equipment as required for the flights.
GML operates approximately 80 long-term atmospheric measurement sites around the globe, and air sample and measurement records collected must be continued regularly, without significant breaks in the time series. GML cannot risk compromising the long-term integrity of these research-grade measurement time series.
Period of Performance: date of award through 1 year after 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.
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