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58 -- MULTICHANNEL RADIOMETER SYSTEM SOL NRMGF000730246JAS DUE 060597 POC Jackie Shewmaker, 816-426-7129 extension 221 Supply Sources Sought: The U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, intends to purchase a SeaWifs Profiling Multichannel Radiometer (SPMR) System for the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This system includes: (1) SeaWifs Profiling Multichannel Radiometer (FPMR) system which acquires vertical profiles of optics, temperature, and depth measurements in the ocean; (2) Power/Telemetry Cable (300 meters) (CAB-300), which is terminated with connectors to connect the SPMR to the deckunit power supply; (3) SeaWifs Multi-Channel Surface Reference (SMSR), which serves as an in water, surface reference for the profiling radiometer; and (4) 1 7-Channel Radiance Sensor. These items will be purchased under the guidelines of FAR part 13, Simplified Acquisitions Procedures. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Concerns having the ability to provide this product are required to submit written notification to the procuring office listed in this notice within 10 calendar days from the date of this publication. Responses may be mailed to the address above or faxed to telephone number 816-426-7530. In order to be considered, firms must furnish detailed information concerning their capability to provide a product that will satisfy the Government's needs. Such information will include a minimum: name, telephone number and point of contact, and name and telephone number of firms to whom this supply or similar supply has been provided previously. If no qualified responses are received, pursuant to the authority 41 USC253 (c) (1), the Government intends to contract with Satlantic Incorporated, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for the supplies required. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3812. (0112)

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