METEOMATICS AG TRAINING & EXTENDED WARRANTY SINGLE SOURCE

145027-26-0013

POINT OF CONTACT: 
CASEY KEATING
U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA
Western Acquisition Division
325 Broadway, SOU6
Boulder, CO 80305
PHONE: 303-578-2579
EMAIL: CASEY.KEATING@NOAA.GOV

***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR), PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY (PMEL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE AND AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.103-1, WITH METEOMATICS AG OUT OF SWITZERLAND FOR METEODRONE MM-670M TRAINING AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THESE SYSTEMS. TRAINING TO BE HELD IN POHNPEI, FSM. NO SET ASIDE IS TO BE USED FOR THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT. THE ASSOCIATED NAICS CODE IS 611512. 

THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT THAT METEOMATICS AG IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT PROVIDES TRAINING AND ANY EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON IT’S MM-670M METEODRONE. THIS DRONE WAS PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED DUE TO IT’S HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FROM THE UNCREWED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS DIVISION (UASD) AND MEET NOAA AIRWORTHINESS AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THESE DRONES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL CYBER SECURITY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICIES INCLUDING SEC. 205 OF THE CYBER SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING ACT OF 2015, OMB CIRCULAR 1-130, NIST SP 800-38 AND NAO 212-13 NOAA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY POLICY. 

TRAINING TO BE PROVIDED NO LATER THAN 8/31/2026. 2 YEARS OF EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDING ON 12/31/2028. 

***THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE 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 OR A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. SUCH REQUESTS AND 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.