CYROGENIC FROSTPOINT HYGROMETER WITH INLET TUBE AND LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES - QTY SEVENTEEN (17)

145022-26-0008 POINT OF CONTACT: Barbara Shifflett NOAA/ARL 456 S. Illinois Ave. Oak Ridge, TN 37831 ***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA),AIR RESOURCES LABORATORY, INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE AND AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.103-1, WITH JH ACQUISITION FOR CYROGENIC FROSTPOINT HYGROMETER WITH INLET TUBE AND LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES - QTY SEVENTEEN (17) TO BE DELIVERED/PERFORMED AT (BALTIMORE, MD). NO SET ASIDE IS TO BE USED FOR THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT. THE ASSOCIATED NAICS CODE IS _334519___. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT (JH ACQUISITION - DBA EN SCI) IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THIS (CYROGENIC FROSTPOINT HYGROMETER WITH INLET TUBE AND LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES ). DELIVERY WITHIN _45___ DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD or PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: DATE OF AWARD TO _45 DAO___. ***THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE 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 OR A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. SUCH REQUESTS AND 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.