The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to solicit, negotiate and award on a sole source basis a purchase order with Resion LLC for the procurement of an End of Life buy of Radar Signal Processor (RSP) Motherboards for the National Logistics Support Center (NLSC).

The Government intends to utilize the authority under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy agency requirements, unless, as a result of this announcement, acceptable responses to this notice are received and a determination is made by the Government to issue a competitive solicitation. The Government intends to award a purchase order to Resion LLC for the procurement of RSP Motherboards for the NLSC based on their compatibility in form, fit and function to the original equipment of the Radar.

This acquisition is for an end of life buy for The Radar Signal Processor (RSP) Motherboards. The RSP motherboards have been in place and in use since 1999. The RSP motherboards were built to NOAA specific specifications. The RSP motherboards runs operational software required by the Radar. All spares for the system are required to be identical with the original equipment and must match in form, fit and function. The original equipment was subject to a stringent qualification regime which included operational, field and environmental testing. Acceptance of any other item other than the original equipment would require extensive testing and significant time to accomplish; which would be a significant cost to the government and would result in NEXRAD systems being unavailable.

Manufacturers that propose a solution using other than Resion LLC must furnish detailed specifications and descriptions to demonstrate their capability to provide the required supplies that satisfy the Government’s needs. To be considered, interested parties must be able to demonstrate their ability to provide comparable RSP Motherboards that meets the specific characteristics outlined above. Capability information shall include, at minimum, name, telephone number, address of customers for which you have previously furnished the required supplies, and a detailed narrative that describes your ability to provide the required supplies as specified. Interested parties must respond via email to [email protected] prior to the closing of this notice.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 334515. The government intends to solicit and negotiate with the only known source (Resion LLC) that can provide the RSP Motherboards. This is not a request for quotes or proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The Government reserves the right to solicit quotes based on the receipt of affirmative responses to this posting without further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to open competition to businesses other than Resion LLC.

All contractors doing business with this Contracting Office (Eastern Acquisition Division – Kansas City) must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website. Vendors can register with SAM at the following website https://www.sam.gov.