SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Provide Tower Space and Maintenance Services for the NOAA Weather Radio System in the State of Georgia
- Notice Date
- 12/12/2003
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Mountain Administrative Support Center, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NW-WP9219-4-00-855
- Response Due
- 12/29/2003
- Archive Date
- 1/13/2004
- Point of Contact
- Susan Labovitz, Contract Specialist, Phone (303) 497-7943, Fax (303) 497-3163, - Rhonda Nelson, Procurement Technician, Phone (303) 497-3487, Fax (303) 497-3163,
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.labovitz@noaa.gov, Rhonda.Nelson@noaa.gov
- Description
- In the absence of other qualified sources, it is the intent of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS) to negotiate with the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (GPTC), located at 260 14th Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318-5360, for tower space and preventative and remedial maintenance of NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) transmitters, antennae and transmission lines located at four (4) GPTC owned and operated sites located in Georgia in Atlanta, Chatsworth, Pelham and Waycross. BACKGROUND: In a January 1975 White House Policy Statement, NOAA?s NWR was designated the sole government operated radio alert system to provide direct warnings into private homes for both natural disasters and nuclear attack. The mandate requires uninterrupted transmission capability 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Since 1978, the State of Georgia has had access to NWR service through successive contracts between the NOAA/NWS and GPTC. SCOPE: This procurement is for a follow-on contract for tower space and maintenance services. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The contract to be negotiated is for an 8-month period followed by four 1-year option periods. SOLE SOURCE: NOAA/NWS has determined that GPTC is the only contractor that can provide 1) tower space on strategically located towers and allow for placement of antennas at the needed heights to provide the required NWR broadcast service coverage. 2) GPTC is the only contractor that can provide the 24 hours per day, 365 days per year maintenance services since no other contractor can have access to the towers and equipment for maintenance ?after hours? due to Homeland Security issues. Since outages and emergencies can occur at any time day or night, access to the sites for maintenance must be available 24 hours a day. This is not a formal solicitation. This notice may represent the only notice. The acquisition is a commercial item acquisition. See note 22 except 45 days is changed to 15 days for commercial items/services.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Georgia Public Telecommunications Commisssion, 260 14th Street, NW, Atlanta, GA, (Performance will take place at the GPTC Transmitter Sites in Atlanta, Chatsworth, Pelham and Waycross.),
- Zip Code: 30318-5360
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 30318-5360
- Record
- SN00488529-W 20031214/031212211813 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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