Intent to Sole Source for Photopigment Analysis Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 145025-26-0034JRW
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Place of performance
- United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Western Acquisition Division intends to award a purchase order on a sole-source basis to Auburn University for photopigment analysis services, with a response deadline of June 23, 2026. No set-aside is used for this requirement.
Work will be performed at Huntsville, Alabama. The period of performance runs from September 28, 2026 through September 27, 2027. NOAA's sole-source determination rests on Auburn University being the only vendor with the specialized equipment, resources, and capabilities to perform photopigment analysis as required. The work focuses on analyzing photopigments, particularly cyanobacteria photopigments, in freshwater lake systems worldwide, with research focal areas including paleolimnology and population dynamics. Consistency in analysis and experimental methodology is critical; NOAA determined that only Auburn University's established process for freshwater pigment analysis meets this requirement. The laboratory maintains expertise that only a handful of labs in the country possess.
Firms believing they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation or a request for additional information in writing to Jamie Rosales, NOAA Western Acquisition Division, 325 Broadway, SOU6, Boulder, Colorado 80305, phone 303-578-6951, email jamie.rosales@noaa.gov, within 15 days of publication. This pre-solicitation notice is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available.
Notice text
145025-26-0034JRW
POINT OF CONTACT:
JAMIE ROSALES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/NOAA
WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION
325 BROADWAY, SOU6
BOULDER, CO 80305
PHONE: 303-578-6951
EMAIL: JAMIE.ROSALES@NOAA.GOV
***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR), GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (GLERL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE AND AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF RFO 12.102(a), WITH AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOR SERVICE, NON-PERSONAL FOR PHOTOPIGMENT ANALYSIS TO BE PERFORMED AT HUNTSVILLE, AL. NO SET ASIDE IS TO BE USED FOR THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT. THE ASSOCIATED NAICS CODE IS 541990.
***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT AUBURN UNIVERSITY IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT PROVIDES SERVICES FOR PHOTOPIGMENT ANALYSIS. AUBURN UNIVERSITY IS THE ONLY LABORATORY SOURCE THAT HAS THE EQUIPMENT, RESOURCES, AND ABILITIES TO PERFORM THIS WORK AS OUTLINED ABOVE. PHOTOPIGMENT ANALYSIS IS VERY SPECIALIZED AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF LABS ACTIVELY DETERMINE CONCENTRATIONS. THE AUBURN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TEAM EXAMINES PHOTOPIGMENTS, ESPECIALLY CYANOBACTERIA PHOTOPIGMENTS, IN LAKE SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD. RESEARCH FOCAL AREAS INCLUDE PALEOLIMNOLOGY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS. IT IS CRITICAL TO KEEP THE ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTS CONSISTENT AND THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE USING THE SAME PROCESS BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AS THEY ARE SPECIALIZED FOR FRESHWATER PIGMENT ANALYSIS. VENDOR HAS CONFIRMED THEY ARE THE SOLE SOURCE.
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 27, 2027.
***THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE 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 OR A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. SUCH REQUESTS AND 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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