SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- TECHNICAL STAFFING SERVICES FOR NOAA OBSERVATORY - SOUTH POLE
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NRMJ1000-12-03217WGC
- Archive Date
- 10/16/2012
- Point of Contact
- Bill Cushman, Phone: 303-497-6072
- E-Mail Address
-
bill.cushman@noaa.gov
(bill.cushman@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division - Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with BURGENER, ROSS for scientific, technical, and engineering services to conduct daily climate observations, measurements, and required maintenance of the Global Monitoring Division's instrument suite located at the South Pole. ***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) market research and expert knowledge in determining that BURGENER, ROSS is a unique source to fulfill this need based on the company's scientific qualifications on NOAA's instrument suite, past performance and experience with remote atmospheric monitoring, physically qualified status for remote observations, and availability. The South Pole station is managed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and logistically operated by Lockheed Martin. NOAA data records date back to 1957 at this site. The instrument suite that requires competency of maintenance, calibration, and operation include: UV monitoring systems, a surface ozone monitoring instrument, carbon monitoring instruments, CO2 monitoring instruments, Hi-Vol samplers, BSRN instruments, boundary layer monitoring instruments, a radionuclide sampler, meteorology systems, balloon borne ozonesonde soundings, and a gas chromatograph instrument. ***This procurement is being conducted per FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (NTE $100K). 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.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: South Pole, Antarctica, United States
- Record
- SN02883204-W 20120916/120915000110-80ca0afc203050dc99133977c0a92bfd (fbodaily.com)
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