Intent to sole source

NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT

The US Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), has a requirement to establish a depot spares kit for the Kongsberg EM2040-07 Multibeam Echo sounding System to provide repair components for rapid repair of these system should a fault or failure occur during NOAA Hydrographic Charting missions.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
1 338211 TX transducer 0.7 degree
1 338214 RX transducer 0.7 degree
1 348012 TX transducer cable, 15m
1 348011 RX transducer cable, 15m
1 337564 TX - RX Sync cable SingleRX, 0.5m (std length) $
1 373897 Power supply - SlimPU
1 384691 Gigabit Ethernet switch
1 385387 FAN unit
1 381169 CBMF Card with firmware EM 2040
1 391224 EM 2040 CPU-board.

The parts will be provided by: Kongsberg Underwater Technology, INC. located at 19210 33rd Ave. West, Suite A Lynnwood, WA 98036 USA.

Kongsberg Underwater Technology is the sole manufacturer of the parts above within the United States. They have an established exclusive licensing agreement, proprietary data, and limited rights in data, patent rights with regard to the supplies and services required.

The Government is not aware of any other vendors that are authorized to sell a Kongsberg Underwater Technology parts to the government without compromising OEM warranty, delivery or additional mark ups.

The Government intends to acquire these parts under the guidelines of FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisitions Procedures and FAR Part 12, Commercial Items. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate directly with Kongsberg Underwater Technology, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).

This is not a solicitation for competitive quotes. However, if any interested party that can provide these parts without compromising manufacturing delivery, warranty or mark ups may submit a statement of capabilities, which if in timely received, will be considered by NOAA OMAO.

A statement of capabilities to include the detailed system including manufacture authorization, and OEM warranty agreement, and a price list for the above parts including pictures and or drawings of the parts; this shall be received by 5:00pm EST on August 22, 2019. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is based upon responses to this notice and it is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Evidence must be provided of the required system while also be authorized by the manufacture. The capability statement, a price list and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can meet all of the system requirements. Capability statements and related materials must be e-mailed to Alexander Cancela at alexander.cancela@noaa.gov by 5:00pm EST on August 22, 2019.

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