66 -- TEMPERATURE RECORDER WITH INDUCTIVE MODEM

The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), Stennis Space Center MS intends to negotiate only with Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. of Bellevue, Washington for the purchase of 12 each Surface Inductive Modems, 12 each Inductive Cable Couplers, and 68 each Temperature Recorders with inductive modems P/N: SBE-39IM. The inductive modem uses a mooring cable as the communication link, allowing it to be positioned at depths up to 600 meters without the use of cable connectors. The NAICS code is 334519 and the size standard is 500 employees. See Notes 1 and 22.