Retrofit Upgrade to Trillium Sensors

Retrofit Upgrade to Trillium Sensors



This is a notice of intent to award a noncompetitive purchase order to Nanometrics, Inc., Ottawa, Canada for retrofit and upgrade of existing sensors.



The U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, requires retrofit and upgrade of five (5) each Trillium Compact 120s surface to posthole, and five (5) each Trillium posthole to RT-130 datalogger cable (20 meter length).



The government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items, to Nanometrics, Inc. Existing sensors are only manufactured by Nanometrics, Inc., and upgrades are proprietary in nature.



All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. All quotations or inquiries must be submitted to the Contract Specialist via email at dallan-loucks@usgs.gov, no later than the closing date of this announcement at 17:00 EST. As required by FAR 5.101(a)(1), Request for Quote 140G0318Q0073 is available by contacting the Contract Specialist at dallan-loucks@usgs.gov.



The NAICS code for this action is 334419, Other Electronic Component Manufacturing for which the associated size standard is 750 employees. This notice and any resulting solicitation and/or award conforms to the requirements in place through FAC 2005-95, effective 19 Jan 2017.