Notice of Sole Source Award for Hypoxia Buoy Systems and Equipment
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- NFFKH3002300639NGB
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Awarded
- to Soundnine Inc.
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 1305M323PNFFK0323 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Kirkland, Washington 98034, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Department of Commerce awarded a sole source contract to Soundnine Inc. for $705,315 on June 8, 2023. The contract provides for the procurement of additional hypoxia buoy systems and equipment that are 100% compatible with Soundnine's existing database to expand the agency's hypoxia monitoring network and ensure redundancy for operational systems. Significant resources have already been invested to develop customized software and quality control routines for Soundnine's database and servers, making alternative systems cost prohibitive and requiring duplication of efforts.
Notice text
Sole source justification based on compatibility to existing systems or equipment:
An initial successful pilot led the Chesapeake Bay Program (NOAA and federal partners) to seek a second phase of testing which included evaluating hypoxia data across two (2) existing Soundnine stations for an extended duration to investigate sensor durability and spatial variability within a segment of the Chesapeake Bay. That second phase was completed in the winter of 2021 and resulted in the operational deployment of additional Soundnine systems in the spring of 2022.
A third Soundnine system has since been delivered to NOAA and significant resources have been applied to the development of software and Quality Control (QC) routines specific to the Soundnine database and servers. The systems to be procured under this requirement will provide for the expansion of the hypoxia monitoring network and redundancy for the operational systems and must be 100% compatible with the existing Soundnine database. No other systems on the market can meet this requirement without significant duplication of costs to reprocure new systems from a different manufacturer and duplication of resources to adapt the current internal software and quality control (QC) procedures to the new systems. Further, this would cause an adverse impact to the operations of NCBO’s water quality monitoring program.
Awarded contract 1305M323PNFFK0323 to SOUNDNINE INC for 705315.00 on 2023-06-08.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Award Notice | |
| Notification of Intent to Sole Source - Hypoxia Buoy Equipment | Special Notice |
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