NexSens CB-950 Data Buoy and Components
ID: 141016-25-0025Type: Special Notice
Overview

Buyer

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OFNATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONDEPT OF COMMERCE NOAANORFOLK, VA, 23510, USA

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

PSC

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (6640)

Original Source

https://sam.gov/opp/a95d5bc1161e446da1ceb758e26fd02c/view
Timeline
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    Posted Apr 2, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC
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    Updated Apr 2, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC
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    Due Apr 17, 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
Description

The Department of Commerce, specifically the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Fondriest Environmental, Inc. for the procurement of NexSens CB-950 data buoys and associated components. This procurement is essential for supporting NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) in its physical oceanographic real-time systems (PORTS®), emergency response deployments, and various survey projects, as the NexSens CB-950 buoys are the standardized systems utilized for critical oceanographic data collection. Interested parties who believe they can meet the government's requirements may submit documentation to the primary contact, Michelle Walton, at michelle.walton@noaa.gov within 15 days of this notice, as this opportunity is not open for competitive proposals.

Point(s) of Contact
WALTON, MICHELLE
(757) 605-7411
MICHELLE.WALTON@NOAA.GOV
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