Apogee instrumentation for IIJA and UrbaNet

Apogee Requisition 145022-24-0033 This is a notice of intent to negotiate on a sole source basis. The Apogee instrumentation requirement is hereby synopsized in accordance with FAR 5.207 Preparation and Transmittal of Synopses:

Action Code:

N/A Date:

29 August Year:

2024 Contracting Office ZIP Code:

37830 Product or Service Code:

6660 Contracting Office Address: 456 S. Illinois Ave., Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Subject:

Apogee Instrumentation Proposed Solicitation Number:

N/A Closing Response Date:

6 September 2024 Contact Point or Contracting Officer:

Contracting Officer:

Barbara Shifflett Email: barbara.shifflett@noaa.gov Contract Award and Solicitation Number:

Solicitation Number:

N/A Contract Number: To be determined at time of award.

Contract Award Dollar Amount:

N/A Description:

Fire Weather Program: NOAA-ARL’s Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division conducts a targeted variety of intensive campaigns to further the understanding of the carbon, water, and energy balance in the atmospheric boundary layer. One of these upcoming field campaigns is to support the forecasting of fire weather during field campaigns beginning in fall 2023 and beyond that are funded as a component of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

These field campaigns will include the installation of at least four (4) micrometeorological towers in the western US that will be outfitted with a suite of meteorological instruments to sample rapid changes in subsurface, surface, and lower atmospheric temperature, moisture, wind, etc. One of the required measurements are measurements of land surface temperature.

After considerable scientific planning and collaboration among partners in the research community, we have determined that the sensors from Apogee will be best suited to sample surface temperature at the towers that we deploy.

UrbanNet Program: UrbanNet is intended to be the urban reference equivalent to the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN); as such, the equipment requirements needed to match that USCRN make it incumbent on us to select these particular instrument suites from Apogee. We know of no other sources for compatible equipment that would allow us to fulfill the mission requirements that UrbanNet has. Additionally, Apogee sensors are among the reasonably priced ones for the quality that they bring to the table. Items to be acquired The Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division of NOAA seeks to purchase various Apogee instruments for use in several programs. Required items are as follows:

Part # SQ-500-SS , 10 m, PAR Ful Spectrum , quantity 2 Part # SI-111-SS, 10 m, Infrared Sensor, Quantity 14 Part # AM-250, Mount, Quantity 14 Part # SN-500-SS, 10 m, 4-comp Net radiometer, Quantity 5 The proposed contract action is for equipment for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Compatibility to existing network, systems or equipment.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may provide written 17. Place of Contract Performance:

Oak Ridge, TN 18. Set-aside Status: This Government intends this procurement to be a total small business set-aside sole source award.