The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to issue a fixed-price type contract for the evaluation, repair, and refurbishment of twenty (20) Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) klystrons for the National Reconditioning Center in Kansas City, MO. These repaired and refurbished klystrons shall meet the specified operational characteristics when installed in NEXRAD WSR-88D radars. The NEXRAD radar transmitter uses a high power Klystron amplifier to produce the radio frequency pulses used to detect weather data. Two versions of klystrons are used in the National Weather Service's (NWS's) NEXRAD radar transmitters: the Litton (now L-3 Communications) L-5782-20, and the Communication and Power Industries (CPI) VKS-8287(A). These klystrons conform to the NWS specification (Drawing) number 1213614, Revision C. Contractors interested in this acquisition must have the capacity to do all analytical repair and preparation for shipment of no less than 20 klystrons in a time span of one year; must have demonstrated experience in repairing klystrons; and must have full in-house capability to: Evaluate Klystrons, Repair Klystrons, and Conduct performance tests and document results. The period of performance is from the date of a contract award, through 365 days thereafter. All interested parties must submit their company information to the attention of Jackie Shewmaker at [email protected]., no later than close of business on Monday, February 7, 2011. Information must include brief supporting documentation to demonstrate that the company is capable of performing the klystron repair as described herein. If no qualified companies respond to this announcement, the Government reserves the right to limit issuance of a Request for Quotation to L-3 Communications and CPI. The Eastern Acquisition Division requires that all contractors doing business with this Acquisition Office must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR please access the following website: http://www.ccr.gov/. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505. In addition, completion of the online representation and certifications application (ORCA) is required, and registration with Vets 100, located at https://vets100.vets.dol.gov. This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable NAICS code is 334411.

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