New Prawlers

***NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), intends to negotiation, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with McLane Research Labs, to purchase seven new prawlers for oceanographic moorings supporting the NASA SWOT satellite mission. The original equipment manufacturer is Horiba. To be delivered to Seattle, WA.

***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requirement that McLane Labs currently has exclusive rights to manufacture the Prawler. The purchase of seven Prawlers from McLane Labs is to maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center, namely NASA and its affiliated research partners. The Prawlers were designed and developed by NOAA and PMEL. The technology was transferred to McLane Labs with a CRADA agreement giving them established exclusive licensing rights to the manufacture of the Prawler. Delivery is required by June 15th, 2022.

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