****NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) with ParoScientific, Inc. of Redmond, WA. For the purchase of digiquartz precision pressure sensors. ****The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA), National Ocean Survey (NOS) for the purchase of Digiquartz precision gauge pressure transmitters The Paroscientific 6000-30G Digiquartz pressure sensors are the standard primary water level pressure sensor used at CO-OPS environmental monitoring stations on the Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Mexico coast, throughout the Pacific, the Great Lakes, the Caribbean, and in coastal areas of Alaska. This purchase is for components to support these existing stations. Implementing different components will result in additional cost and resources. Also, there will be resulting delay for testing, training, and purchase of support equipment. The CO-OPS environmental monitoring systems are designed to operate with the components in this purchase. Implementing different components will result in compatibility issues. ***This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide the space and service as described that fully meets 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.

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