Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Package for NOAA AOC

NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division (ERAD), Norfolk Office, using the procedures set forth in FAR Part 13, intends to award a firm-fixed price sole-source Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to L3 Latitude, LLC for final development and delivery of the Fixed-wing Vertical Take-off and Landing Rotator 55 (FVR-55) hybrid quadrotor (HQ) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) platform, which derives from and extends the previous FVR-55 HQ UAS SBIR Phase I and II design and development, for the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Aircraft Operations Center (AOC). The NOAA AOC operates multiple manned and unmanned aircraft for performing various airborne research and surveillance missions to meet various NOAA Line Office requirements. Using the NOAA SBIR program, NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL), Atmospheric Chemistry Group contracted with L3 Latitude to develop and test the FVR-55 hybrid quadrotor UAS. Phase III is to provide support for the PMEL as they conduct studies and research on climate and air quality, fishery and mammal stocks, oil spill detection, weather observations, and post severe weather damage assessments. NOAA intends L3 Latitude to provide all labor, materials, equipment, special tools and training for final development of the FVR-55 to provide vertical measurements of aerosol properties from a NOAA ship. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this acquisition is 336411, Aircraft Manufacturing, with a business size standard of 1,500 employees. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotes. However, if any other interested party believes that it can meet the requirements, it may submit a statement of capabilities, which if timely received, will be considered by NOAA. A statement of capabilities must be received by 12:00 PM EST on May 9, 2019. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Evidence must be provided of ability to provide the required services. The capability statement and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NOAA to determine if the party can meet all of the requirements. Capability statements and related materials must be e-mailed to James Rall at james.rall@noaa.gov (Cc andrew.hildebrandt@noaa.gov) by 12:00 PM EST on May 9, 2019.