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The US Geological Survey (USGS) intends to award a sole-source contract to Microcom Design, Inc. for one Base Year plus four Option Years of maintenance services for the Emergency Data Distribution Network (EDDN). This maintenance encompasses telephone and email support, repair or replacement of failed equipment, and service trips when local technical personnel cannot perform repairs. The EDDN is critical for delivering real-time data to the USGS Water Science Centers, supporting missions to protect life and property across the Western Hemisphere. Given the specialized nature of the equipment—receivers and demodulators designed and built exclusively by Microcom—and the proprietary operational knowledge held only by this company, the USGS has determined Microcom to be the sole source capable of providing this service. Market research confirmed that while other companies like Sutron Corporation and Signal Engineering manufacture receiver systems, their designs and software differ significantly from Microcom's custom-built EDDN equipment, and they lack the system-specific expertise required for effective maintenance. Vendors interested in submitting competing offers were invited to contact the USGS Contract Specialist by a specified deadline, but the agency’s justification for other than full and open competition emphasizes Microcom’s unique qualifications and indispensable role in sustaining a 24/7 operational system. This sole-source action is based on the need to maintain continuous, reliable data acquisition critical to the USGS mission.

General Info

USGS awards sole-source contract to Microcom for five-year EDDN maintenance, repair, and support.

Agency

Department Of The Interior → Ofc Of Acqusition Grants-National

NAICS

811212 - Computer and Office Machine Repair and Maintenance

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PostedMay 24

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of The Interior → Ofc Of Acqusition Grants-National

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OfficeRESTON, VA, 20192, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of The Interior → Ofc Of Acqusition Grants-National

Office AddressRESTON, VA, 20192, USA

ContactsNo contact information available

Full Description

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement to contract with Microcom Design, Inc. to provide one Base Year and four Option Years of maintenance to the Emergency Data Distribution Network (EDDN). Maintenance will include telephone and email support, repair or replacement of failed equipment and service trips to repair or replace equipment when local technical personnel is unable to do so. The USGS is aware of no other source that can provide the above. Therefore, it intends to make an award to Microcom Design, Inc. unless it is contacted by any vendor that believes it possesses similar technical expertise and can provide the same service. Vendors are invited to contact the Contract Specialist, Frank J. Argenziano (contact@example.gov) no later than 12 p.m. ET, June 7, 2012 with an affirmative answer. (The USGS considers employee signatures to be personal protected information, and therefore all employee signatures have been redacted. By posting the following document, the Contract Specialist attests all appropriate signatures have been obtained.) JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (FAR 13.1) The following information is provided to demonstrate the proposed contractors unique qualifications: The EDDN receives vital data that is used to protect life and property throughout the Western Hemisphere. The USGS Water Science Centers are all connected to this receive system to acquire real-time data to perform their mission. This maintenance contract ensures a healthy operational system that needs to be available 24 x 7 x 365. Microcom Design Inc. is the only vendor that can perform this maintenance. The receivers and demodulators used in the EDDN are their design. They are not COTS radios but were purpose-built by Microcom engineers specifically for GOES DCS message reception. Market research was conducted by me this month (April 2012). Two other companies work in this sector of satellite telemetry receivers. Sutron Corporation and Signal Engineering produce fine receiver systems. However, their designs and software are radically different from Microcoms. They also do not have the system or operational knowledge of the Microcom receivers as this knowledge is proprietary information.