Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Vaisala Spare Kits and LRUs

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source with Vaisala for spare kits and lowest replaceable units for its upper-air tracking system. The Notice was issued under the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

The Notice announces the intent to award a firm-fixed price purchase order to Vaisala on a sole source basis for spare kits and LRUs to be used on the Vaisala upper-air tracking system currently employed by the National Weather Service. Interested parties are able to submit capability statements by December 3, 2021 to be considered for future competitive procurements, however this contract will be awarded non-competitively to Vaisala. The North American Industry Classification code listed is 334519 for other measuring and controlling device manufacturing.