The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD) is seeking information from industry regarding the replacement of 403MHz Radiosondes and Radiosonde Ground Systems in the Cooperative Hurricane Upper Air Station (CHUAS) network.   The Radiosonde ground systems in the CHUAS network have reached their End of Life.  The National Weather Service supports 10 upper air stations in the Caribbean.  Each of the ten Caribbean upper air stations launch a balloon-borne instrument called a Radiosonde into the air twice a day to produce atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, humidity and winds.  These Radiosonde observations form the backbone of weather forecasts, National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts and upper air analyses, which support the NWS mission to protect life and property.

This Request for Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and is issued in accordance with FAR Provision 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (OCT 1997) provided at:

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/52_215.html#wp1144503.

No solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or services or to issue a solicitation. In addition, the Government is under no obligation to pay for information submitted in response to this RFI, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information that the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such.

The anticipated NAICS code for this requirement is 334519 –Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing and the size standard is 500 employees. The Government requests capability statements from interested sources that address the requirements in the attached documents.  Interested sources shall state their size status given the NAICS code herein.  Capability statements shall clearly address the requirements in the attached documents.

All responsible sources may submit a capability statement that shall be considered by the agency. To be eligible, vendors must be registered with System for Award Management (SAM):

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/##11 and obtain and DUNS number by calling 1-800-333-0505. Capability statements will be due on June 4, 2014 by 3:00pm. Capability statements will be accepted electronically at the following email address: [email protected]

Attachment 1: Statement of Work NWS-J100-CH-SP001

Attachment 2: Specifications NWS-J100-CH-SP001