GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) Direct Receive System (DRS)

Pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A)&(B), the Department of Commerce (DOC)/Enterprise Services intends to negotiate a sole source, firm fixed price contract with CPI International. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) Direct Receive System (DRS) for use in NOAA's Radio Frequency Interference Monitoring System (RFIMS) development program.

The GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) Direct Receive System will be used to support research and engineering efforts that examine spectrum sharing impacts on the GRB DRS as well as interference monitoring system evaluations and acceptance testing. This CPI International product is required to accurately duplicate the numerous 6.5-meter dish antenna GRB DRS installations made by NOAA over the recent years. Accurate duplication is required for high-confidence mapping of phenomenology observed at the Table Mountain complex to NOAA's twenty-five operational sites.

The Government intends to procure from only one source under the authority of FAR 13.501(a)2(i). This will be a commercial acquisition per FAR 13.5. This is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is available or will be issued. All responsible sources who have the technical expertise to perform the requirements sough may submit a capability statement to the Contract Specialist by 12:00 PM EST, Thursday, June 6, 2019 at cpalmer@doc.gov. Submissions submitted will be considered by the government for feasibility of conducting a competitive procurement.

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