Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 145027-25-0075
- Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Poway, California, United States
- Points of contact
-
- Weiming Tan weiming.tan@noaa.gov (516) 737-1332
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to negotiate a sole source procurement with Teledyne RD Instruments of Poway, California for an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) WHSII300 Workhorse. The procurement is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation authority 13.106-1(b)(1) due to compatibility requirements with existing systems and equipment. The agency has determined that Teledyne is the sole entity in the United States capable of providing the required WHSII300 Workhorse instrument. This procurement falls under NAICS code 334511 for Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing and PSC code 6640 for Laboratory Equipment and Supplies.
The sole source determination is based on NOAA PMEL's EcoFOCI program's decades-long reliance on Teledyne RD Instruments ADCPs for collecting current velocity data across the Bering and Chukchi seas, with the program having invested extensively in deployment infrastructure and data processing systems specifically tailored to Teledyne equipment. The required delivery date for the equipment is October 1, 2025, with a response deadline of August 6, 2025 for any firms believing they can meet the government's requirements. Companies that believe they can fully satisfy the requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing within 15 days of the notice publication, though this is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. The government will evaluate any responses solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis, with the final determination remaining at the government's discretion. Oral communications are not acceptable responses to this notice.
Notice text
***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 TELEDYNE RD INSTRUMENTS OUT OF POWAY, CA FOR THE ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER (ADCP) WHSII300 WORKHORSE.
******THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON COMPATIBILITY TO EXISTING SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT – THE REQUIRED SUPPLIES OR SERVICE MUST BE COMPATIBLE IN ALL ASPECTS (FORM, FIT, AND FUNCTION) WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT AND THE SOURCE IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO MEET NOAA’S REQUIREMENT. TELEDYNE IS THE SOLE ENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CAN MEET AND PROVIDE THE REQUIRED WHSII300 WORKHORSE. THE ECOSYSTEM & FISHERIES-OCEANOGRAPHY COORDINATED INVESTIGATIONS (EcoFOCI) PROGRAM AT NOAA PMEL HAS RELIED ON TELEDYNE RD INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS (ADCPs) FOR DECADES TO COLLECT CURRENT VELOCITY DATA ACROSS THE BERING AND CHUKCHI SEAS. THESE INSTRUMENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED LONG-TERM ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY, AND THE PROGRAM HAS INVESTED EXTENSIVELY IN DEPLOYMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO TELEDYNE ADCPs. CONTINUED USE OF THIS BRAND ENSURES SEAMLESS INTEGRATION AND MAINTAINS DATA QUALITY. THE REQUIRED DELIVERY DATE IS BY 10/01/2025.
***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.
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