SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- APPLIED DESIGN CORP AIR SAMPLE EQUIPMENT
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2022 10:52:53 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Solicitation Number
- NRMJ1000-22-01231MCW
- Response Due
- 7/26/2022 1:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Michelle C Walton, Phone: 3035786582
- E-Mail Address
-
Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov
(Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, GLOBAL MONITORING LABORATORY (GML), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATION, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(B)(1), WITH APPLIED DESIGN CORP. OUT OF BOULDER, CO, TO PURCHASE THREE (3) HERMES MODEL 80 PFPs, FIFTEEN (15) MODEL 80 CONTROLLER BOARDS, SEVEN (7) SHERPA MODEL 70 APSUs, FIVE (5) MODEL 70 CONTROLLER BOARDS AND TWO (2) SHERPA MODEL 60 MPSUs FOR THE BOULDER, CO OFFICE. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT APPLIED DESIGN CORP. IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT HAS COMMERCIAL UNITS AVAILABLE THAT MEET ALL SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF GML. THE ADC PFP, APSU, AND MPSU ARE MANUFACTURED SPECIFICALLY TO MEET OR EXCEED ORIGINAL GML INSTRUMENT DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE. THE ADC PFP, APSU, AND MPSU ARE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT USED TO COLLECT ATMOSPHERIC AIR SAMPLES FOR PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GASES. THESE UNITS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL EXISTING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE GML GGGRN. THE GGGRN CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 200 PFPS IN USE AND APPROXIMATELY 50 APSUS AND MPSUS IN USE. THESE UNITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TESTED EXTENSIVELY FOR STABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACE GASES OF INTEREST. APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION WAS IDENTIFIED, AND ADC HAS AN EXCLUSIVE LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH HPD TO PRODUCE THIS LINE OF AIR SAMPLING PRODUCTS AND HAS PURCHASED ALL PROPRIETARY INVENTORY AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION FROM HPD RELATED TO THIS PRODUCT LINE.� APPLIED DESIGN IS NOW THE ONLY MANUFACTURER OF THESE AIR SAMPLING PRODUCTS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS OF THE GML SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM. INSTRUMENT TO BE PICKED UP BY MARCH 31, 2023.� APPLIED DESIGN HAS NO AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR RESELLERS OF THESE PROPRIETARY ITEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. ***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
-
SAM.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Boulder, CO, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06383965-F 20220713/220711230104 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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