Special Notice - Purchase of Unmanned Aerial Systems Parts

***NOAA'S PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY (PMEL) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH BRECHTEL MANUFACTURING, INC. LOCATED IN HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA FOR ONE MINIATURIZED SCANNING ELECTRICAL MOBILITY SIZER, ONE 8-CHANNEL FILTER SAMPLER, AND ONE SINGLE-CHANNEL ABSORPTION PHOTOMETER FOR SAMPLING ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS FROM UAS PLATFORM TO BE DELIVERED TO SEATTLE, WA.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT BRECHTEL MANUFACTURING, INC. IS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS THAT PMEL REQUIRES. THE INSTRUMENTS WERE DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOURCE UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM AND PMEL STANDARDIZED ON THESE INSTRUMENTS IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING, DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA ANALYSIS TO KEEP MAINTENANCE CONSISTENT, AVOID HAVING TO CREATE SECONDARY DATA SYSTEMS/SOFTWARE PACKAGES, HOUSINGS AND MOUNTINGS. DELIVERY IS REQUIRED NO LATER THAN 100 DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD.

***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.

Contracting Office Address:

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 3
Seattle, WA 98115 
United States 

Primary Point of Contact:

Weiming Tan

Weiming.tan@noaa.gov

Phone: 206-472-5269

Fax: 206-526-6815