NOAALink Small Business Refresh

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is anticipating an early release of the Small Business Pool Refresh solicitation. The purpose of this announcement is to provide a synopsis of NOAALink's intent to release a solicitation for a multiple award IDIQ. NOAALink will seek qualified contractors to compete for an award under its Small Business Pool Refresh action. The NAICs code for this action is 541519. This will be 100% small business set aside. A draft solicitation will be posted within 2-3 weeks. Synopsis: In accordance with FAR 5.207, the following synopsis information is provided: (1) Action Code: Synopsis (2) Date: Monday, 3/23/2015 (3) Year: 2015 (4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20910 (5) Classification Code: R (Professional, Administrative, and Management Support Services (6) Contracting Office Address: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Acquisition and Grants Office SSMC2, Cube 11170 1325 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 (7) Subject: NOAALink Small Business Refresh (8) Proposed Solicitation Number: To be determined (TBD) (9) Closing Response Date: N/A (10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Contract Specialist: David Zhang: david.zhang@noaa.gov 301-628-1399 Contracting Officer: Shirley Karver: shirley.karver@noaa.gov (301)628-1350 (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD (12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: $1.7 billion shared ceiling NOAALink program ceiling (Shared between the small business and 8(a) portfolio of contracts). (13) Contract Line Item Number: TBD (14) Contract Award Date: TBD (15) Contractor: TBD (16) Description. (FAR 5.207(c)): (16.1) National Stock Number (NSN) if assigned: N/A (16.2) Specification and whether an offeror, its product, or service must meet a qualification requirement in order to be eligible for award, and identification of the office from which additional information about the qualification requirement may be obtained (see Subpart 9.2): N/A (16.3) Manufacturer, including part number, drawing number, etc.: N/A (16.4) Size, dimensions, or other form, fit or functional description: N/A (16.5) Predominant material of manufacture: N/A (16.6) Quantity, including any options for additional quantities: N/A, TBD at Task Order level (16.7) Unit of issue: N/A, TBD at Task Order level (16.8) Destination information: N/A, TBD at Task Order level (16.9) Delivery schedule: N/A, TBD at Task Order level (16.10) Duration of the contract period: Date of Award through 9/16/2020 (16.11) Sustainable acquisition requirements (or a description of high-performance sustainable building practices required, if for design, construction, renovation, repair, or deconstruction) (see parts 23 or 36): N/A (16.12) N/A (16.13) N/A (16.14) N/A (16.15) N/A (16.16) N/A (16.17) If solicitations synopsized through the GPE will not be made available through the GPE, provide information on how to obtain the solicitation: N/A (16.18) If the solicitation will be made available to interested parties through electronic data interchange, provide any information necessary to obtain and respond to the solicitation electronically: All solicitation information will be posted on www.fbo.gov (16.19) If the technical data required to respond to the solicitation will not be furnished as part of such solicitation, identify the source in the Government, such as http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, from which the technical data may be obtained: All technical data required to respond to the solicitation will be posted on www.fbo.gov (17) Place of Contract Performance: TBD at Task Order level (18) Set-aside Status: Total Small Business under NAICS 541519 (Other computer Related Services)