Milford Seawater System Upgrade

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to negotiate and award, on a sole source basis, under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901 and RFO FAR 12.102(a), a firm fixed price purchase order to Burt Process Equipment, LLC for the purchase of specialized engineering services, maintenance, system upgrades, and parts replacement -( e.g., water filtration system maintenance) for the existing facility infrastructure system. This contract is expected to have a period of performance of sixty (60) days from the award date. This non-personal service requirement seeks a vendor that can upgrade the current Milford Laboratory heated and chilled seawater system, installed by Burt Process Equipment in  by adding a Alfa Laval T6-PFG heat exchanger, Isolation Ball Valves, Temperature Control Pneumatic valve, Temperature Transmitter, Temperature and Pressure Indicators mounted on an epoxy-coated steel skid. In addition, adding (1) GF Signet Conductivity Probe, Series 2819 probe, Series 2850 electronics, (1) Series 9900 GF Signet Transmitter, Field installation of conductivity probe and  Field wiring for data logger for the salinity system. The associated NAICS code is 333914.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation documents exist for the requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capabilities statement that includes technical data and cost information, sufficient detail, and convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to meet the requirement. All capabilities statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. 

A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source procurement. 

Capabilities statements are due no later than Wednesday, 22 July, 2026, by 1300 Eastern Time. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “143021-26-0122 - Milford Seawater System Upgrade”. To ensure your response along with any and all attachments are received, attachment(s) must be less than 20 MB [in total]. It is the responsibility of the offeror to contact the government to confirm receipt prior to the offer due date and time. Capabilities statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following POCs:

Madison Vogeler at madison.vogeler@noaa.gov

Aakanksha Bhargava at aakanksha.bhargava@noaa.gov