Tower technician services at Moody, Texas

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking tower technician services for atmospheric air sampling operations in Moody, Texas. The procurement involves maintenance and operation of a GML Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network tower-based collection system, which is critical for NOAA's ongoing scientific research and measurement programs. The government intends to award this contract as a sole source procurement to Lance Joseph Malburg, who has been identified as having unique technical expertise and proven capability to maintain the critical research measurement time series required for NOAA's scientific objectives. The procurement is structured as a firm-fixed price purchase order with no evaluation criteria specified since it is a sole source award. The due date for this pre-solicitation notice is August 30, 2025, with the contract period intended to run from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026.

This procurement does not utilize any small business set-aside designations and is designated as a sole source award to the current contractor, Lance Joseph Malburg. The total contract value is established at $19,402.00 for the one-year performance period. The justification for the sole source approach is based on Malburg's specialized technical knowledge and demonstrated ability to perform the highly specialized atmospheric monitoring services required for NOAA's greenhouse gas research network. Performance will take place exclusively in Moody, Texas, where the atmospheric monitoring tower is located. The contract falls under the "Other Environmental Services" category and represents a continuation of existing scientific measurement operations that require uninterrupted data collection for climate research purposes.