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***NOAAS ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division (AERD), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH NortekUSA, Inc FOR an echosounder TO BE DELIVERED TO La Jolla, CA.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONS (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT NortekUSA, Inc IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THIS echosounder. The required supplies must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit, and function) with existing systems or equipment, and the source is uniquely qualified to meet the requirement. The Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division (AERO) of the NOAA Fisheries has developed a program Reimagining Ecosystem and Fisheries Observations by Combining two UxS fleet (REFOCUS) using glider-based, optical camera-equipped, autonomous buoyancy gliders to replicate long-termzooplankton monitoring in the offshore waters of the California Current. As part of REFOCUS, the AERO has acquired four (4) Teledyne Webb Research (TWR) Slocum G3electric underwater gliders equipped with low power shadowgraph camera systems. We have the need to upgrade one of these units to meet expanding roles in the California Current, specifically to equip a glider with a compact wideband echosounder.

DELIVERY WITHIN 6 MONTHS FROM DATE OF AWARD

***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 GOVERNMENTS 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.

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