# ASL Environmental Shallow Water Ice Profiler (SWIP)

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- Solicitation number: 145025240065SM
- Notice type: Special notice (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Awarded to Asl Environmental Sciences Inc.
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NOAA (1305M3)
- NAICS: 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 5845 Underwater Sound Equipment
- First posted: July 5, 2024
- Last posted: July 23, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cf7babdc7fd84b80b2b72fbf48d5efdf/view

## Description

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder (WAD), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with ASL Environmental Sciences Inc located in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada for two (2) Shallow Water Ice Profiler (SWIP) units to be delivered to Ann Arbor, MI.

The sole source determination is based on NOAA’s requirement that ASL Environmental Sciences is the only vendor that manufactures and distributes their SWIP units. The GLERL’s cooperative institute (CI) has purchased the units historically, and has had great success with them. Extensive market research has been conducted by the GLERL and CI collaborators. The GLERL has discovered that the only company that makes profilers with the required specifications and capabilities is ASL Environmental. The ASL Environmental SWIP is unique in its capabilities, and is the only profiler that will meet the Government’s requirements. Delivery within 60 days from date of award.

This notice of intent 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 in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such 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.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Asl Environmental Sciences Inc. (UEI UB6DD51D3FK4)
- Contract: 1305M324P0366, purchase order
- Obligated: $44,640.00
- Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 145025240065SM equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1305M3 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1305M324P0366_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- July 5, 2024: Sources sought, due July 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 3645382b2b324a9a9b5938d51d78d800. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3645382b2b324a9a9b5938d51d78d800/view
- July 23, 2024: Special notice, due August 7, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice cf7babdc7fd84b80b2b72fbf48d5efdf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cf7babdc7fd84b80b2b72fbf48d5efdf/view

## Points of contact

- MAS, STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE.MAS@NOAA.GOV, 3035786768

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