SOLICITATION NOTICE
20 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-6-1011
- Response Due
- 9/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (SWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH DOER MARINE (DOER). PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE SOFTWARE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AND CONTROL SYSTEM HARDWARE FOR AN UNDERWATER ROV. THE DOER MARINE CONTROL SYSTEM IS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR UNDERWATER ROV APPLICATIONS. DOER IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT POSSESSES EXPERIENCE INTERFACING WITH UNDERWATER SENSORS AND ACTUATORS TO MANUFACTURE A SEAMLESS CONTROL SYSTEM THAT: 1) PROVIDES REAL-TIME CONTROL SYSTEM THAT IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO GROW WITHI MISSION VARIATIONS; 2) USES A COTS EMBEDDED CONTROLLER IN CONJUNCTION WITH CUSTOM INTERFACE BOARDS TO WORK WITH TECHNADYNE THRUSTERS; 3) INTEGRATES PNI COMPASS INTO THE COTS SYTEM; 4) INTEGRATES COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN VICOR POWER SUPPLIES AND CONTROL SYSTEM; 5) INTEGRATES POWER MONITORING, ONSCREEN DISPLAY AND AUXILIARY NAVIGATION DATA INTO ONE SYSTEM; 6) MATCHES COMPTUER HARDWARE WITH THE SOFTWARE IN ONE PACKAGE; 7) CONTROL SYSTEM MATCHES WITH PHYSICAL HOUSING ON VEHICLE; 8) FLEXIBLE JOYSTICK INTEGRATION OPTIONS TO ALLOW FOR OPERATOR PREFERENCE AND COMFORT WITH THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; 9) INTUITIVE CONTROL INTERFACE REFLECTS THE NATURE OF ROV WORK; AND 10) MISSIONED DEFINED AUTONOMOUS RECOVERY PROGRAM IN CASE OF INTERRUPTED COMMUNICATIONS. DELIVERY REQUIRED NINE WEEKS FROM DATE OF AWARD. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01131043-W 20060902/060831220350 (fbodaily.com)
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