52 -- SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION VSAT SYSTEM FOR ALASKA/WEST COAST TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

This is a notice of intent to negotiate on a sole source basis with Nanometrics, Inc for the purchase of a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite communications system to increase the coverage and reliability of the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (WC/ATWC) tide and seismic network. The government intends to award a firm fixed price contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the existing agency requirements. The base contract will provide for training and installation services at WC/ATWC located in Palmer, AK. The field specialist will direct, assist and serve as the technical consultant for the installation of the central hub base station equipment at the WC/ATWC. The contract will also include the option to award ten additional remote sites to be installed in Alaska by NWS personnel. In addition, two central site base stations including test equipment may be awarded with the possibility of installing one additional base station at the Tsunami Warning Center located in Hawaii. This is not a request for competitive proposals however any interested concern, which believes it can satisfy this requirement may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement in writing to Contract Specialist Stephanie Kyles, NOAA, WASC, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, or by email at [email protected] by July 17, 2003. If as a result of this notice, another firm demonstrates the ability to provide the required components, within the required time frame, the sole source nature of this requirement will be reevaluated.See numbered note 22.