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Non-Personal Services Real Time Research Lease
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The contract involves a one-year lease agreement with Real Time Research, Inc. for their proprietary cloud-based data collection and distribution system, which has been specifically developed and refined since 2011 to meet NOAA’s custom data requirements. This system is currently utilized by NOAA at the Lower Granite Dam adult fish trap and is essential due to its tailored database structure designed to handle complex data rules and relationships that have evolved over more than a decade. The acquisition will be awarded as a firm-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis under the authority of applicable federal regulations. The presolicitation notice indicates that this is not a competitive solicitation, but interested firms capable of meeting the government's requirements may submit documentation or requests for further information by the stated deadline. Responses will be reviewed solely to determine whether competition is warranted, with the government retaining full discretion on this decision. The anticipated award date is June 2026, and primary points of contact include Grace LaPierre and Jenna Taulman from NOAA’s Western Acquisition Division in Seattle. The contract falls under the NAICS code 518210 and supports NOAA’s data management operations critical to fisheries monitoring and environmental management.
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NAICS
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Seattle, WA, USASet-Aside
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Full Description
Requisition 143041-26-0037
1. Point of Contact:
Grace LaPierre, Contract Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA
Western Acquisition Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 1,
Seattle, WA 98115
EMAIL: grace.lapierre@noaa.gov
Jenna Taulman, Contracting Officer
U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA
Western Acquisition Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 1,
Seattle, WA 98115
EMAIL: jenna.taulman@noaa.gov
(2) Set-asides, if applicable: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisitions and Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Seattle Simplified Acquisitions Branch, intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, under the authority of RFO FAR 12.102(a) and 41 U.S.C. 1901, with Real Time Research, Inc for the lease of the Real Time Research’s proprietary cloud-base data collection and distribution system that was developed in 2011 to help accurately collect and distribute data to the proper agencies in a timely manner.
(3) Codes for services or supplies: NAICS 518210
(4) Description:
(i) The requirement is for a 1-year lease of the Real Time Research’s cloud-base data collection and
distribution system used by NOAA at the Lower Granite Dam adult fish trap as the code and database structure are specifically designed to satisfy the numerous custom data rules and relationships that have developed over the thirteen years they have maintained and upgraded the existing system ;
(ii) 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 before the due date/ deadline of this SAM posting. 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. The anticipated award date is estimated to be June 2026.