Apogee Requisition 145022-24-0033
This is a notice of intent to negotiate on a sole source basis. The Apogee instrumentation requirement is hereby synopsized in accordance with FAR 5.207 Preparation and Transmittal of
Synopses:
Action Code: N/A
Date: 29 August
Year: 2024
Contracting Office ZIP Code: 37830
Product or Service Code: 6660
Contracting Office Address: 456 S. Illinois Ave., Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Subject: Apogee Instrumentation
Proposed Solicitation Number: N/A
Closing Response Date: 6 September 2024
Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Contracting Officer: Barbara Shifflett
Email: [email protected]
Contract Award and Solicitation Number: Solicitation Number: N/A Contract Number: To be determined at time of award.
Contract Award Dollar Amount: N/A
Description:
Fire Weather Program:
NOAA-ARL’s Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division conducts a targeted
variety of intensive campaigns to further the understanding of the carbon, water, and
energy balance in the atmospheric boundary layer. One of these upcoming field
campaigns is to support the forecasting of fire weather during field campaigns beginning
in fall 2023 and beyond that are funded as a component of the Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act (IIJA). These field campaigns will include the installation of at least four (4)
micrometeorological towers in the western US that will be outfitted with a suite of
meteorological instruments to sample rapid changes in subsurface, surface, and lower
atmospheric temperature, moisture, wind, etc. One of the required measurements are
measurements of land surface temperature. After considerable scientific planning and
collaboration among partners in the research community, we have determined that the
sensors from Apogee will be best suited to sample surface temperature at the towers
that we deploy.
UrbanNet Program:
UrbanNet is intended to be the urban reference equivalent to the U.S. Climate
Reference Network (USCRN); as such, the equipment requirements needed to match
that USCRN make it incumbent on us to select these particular instrument suites from
Apogee. We know of no other sources for compatible equipment that would allow us to
fulfill the mission requirements that UrbanNet has. Additionally, Apogee sensors are
among the reasonably priced ones for the quality that they bring to the table.
Items to be acquired
The Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division of NOAA seeks to purchase various
Apogee instruments for use in several programs.
Required items are as follows:
Part # SQ-500-SS , 10 m, PAR Ful Spectrum , quantity 2
Part # SI-111-SS, 10 m, Infrared Sensor, Quantity 14
Part # AM-250, Mount, Quantity 14
Part # SN-500-SS, 10 m, 4-comp Net radiometer, Quantity 5
The proposed contract action is for equipment for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Compatibility to existing network, systems or equipment. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may provide written
17. Place of Contract Performance: Oak Ridge, TN
18. Set-aside Status: This Government intends this procurement to be a total small business set-aside sole source award.