UV spectroradiometers calibration services

***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, GLOBAL MONITORING LABORATORY (GML), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LIMITED (NIWA) FOR UV SPECTRORADIOMETERS CALIBRATION SERVICES PERFORMED AT VENDORS LOCATION IN NEW ZEALAND.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LIMITED (NIWA) IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRUBUTES THESE UV SPECTRORADIOMETERS AND PROVIDES THIS UV SPECTRORADIOMETERS CALIBRATION SERVICES THAT WE NEED IN THIS PROCUREMENT. THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THESE SERVICES FOR OVER A DECADE. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LIMITED’S (NIWA) SERVICES HAVE A LONG-TERM MAUNA LOA-BOULDER UV RADIATION RECORDS ARE UNIQUE TO NOAA AND ARE NOT FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. NIWA DESIGNED THESE UV SPECTRORADIOMETERS FOR OPERATION AT THESE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN MAUNA LOA, HAWAII AND BOULDER, COLORADO. THE LOCATIONS OF THE TWO STATIONS PROVIDE UNIQUE DATA SETS USEFUL TO RADIATION TRNASFER AND BIOLOGICAL AND HUMAN EFFECTS RESEARCH. BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MAUNA LOA’S PRISTINE LOCATION (INSIGNIFICANT ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE) AND THE UNIQUE BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS AT THE BOULDER STATION, THE SITES ARE IMPORTANT LOCATIONS, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY OT OBSERVE AND MONITOR BOTH REGIONAL AND GLOBAL INFLUENCES ON OZONE ABUNDANCES AND BOTH SHORT AND LONG-TERM CHANGES IN UV RADIATION LEVELS.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: DATE OF AWARD TO 02/29/2028.

***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.