ACQUISITION OF ALERT RAIN GAUGES AND ALERT REPEATERS ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU, MAUI AND HAWAII - PHASE II

The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Honolulu Forecast Office has a requirement for the acquisition of 45 ready-to-install ALERT rain gauges and 10 ready-to-install ALERT repeaters to continue the process of replacing existing Hydronet gages in the State of Hawaii. In addition, a set of radio path field validation equipment is required for conducting radio transmission and reception tests. The resulting contract will have a base period from approximately August 15, 2009 through September 30,2010 and will not have option periods. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334519 and the size standard is 500 employees. All responsible and fully responsive sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. Any resulting contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed price contract. Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or about July 1, 2009 at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [Add To Watchlist] and [Add Me To Interested Vendors] features which provide a notification when the RFP becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation, thereafter. Each potential bidder is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. The estimated response due date is August 3, 2009; however, the actual date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents. All questions of any nature regarding this procurement are to be sent to Contract Specialist, Crystina Elkins at contact@example.gov or via fax at +1 (555) 000-0000. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). NO award can be made unless the vendor is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR, please access the following web site: http:///www.ccr.gov/. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all bidders must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at +1 (555) 000-0000. This procurement also requires bidders to complete the On-Line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at https://orca.bpn.gov/.