PTWC Kinemetrics Records & Accelerometers

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***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, Pacific Tsunami Weather Center (PTWC), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH Kinemetrics Inc located in Pasadena, CA FOR Basalt4X recorders and ES-T accelerometers TO BE DELIVERED TO Honolulu, HI.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT Kinemetrics Inc IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THESE Basalt4X recorders and ES-T accelerometers . The required supplies must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit, and function) with existing systems or equipment, and the source is uniquely qualified to meet the requirement. The digital recorders and accelerometers are the only instruments fully compatible with the communications software that is part of the Antelope system (also developed by Kinemetrics) used by PTWC. Part of PTWC’s mission is to provide tsunami warnings as fast as possible after a great earthquake in the Hawaiian Islands. This requires a robust seismic network and the equipment requested are an important part of sizing up great earthquakes.

DELIVERY WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD

***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.