Purchase of 865A Deep Sea Acoustic Releases

The Naval Oceanographic Office at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, plans to issue a sole source contract to Teledyne Benthos, located in North Falmouth, Massachusetts, for the procurement of Deep Sea Acoustic Releases. This purchase, valued at approximately $108,000, will be conducted under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and in accordance with FAR regulations governing sole source procurements and acquisition of commercial items. The contract will be awarded as a firm fixed price purchase order, utilizing simplified acquisition procedures, and categorizes the requirement under NAICS code 334511 with a corresponding business size classification of 750 employees. This action is unrestricted but will not be open for competitive bidding, with any inquiries directed in writing to the contracting officer. The government retains sole discretion to decide whether to compete the procurement based on responses to this notice. The procurement is intended solely for information purposes at this stage and is managed by the Naval Oceanographic Office's contracting staff located at Stennis Space Center, with designated points of contact provided for further communication.