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Pre-Solicitation Notice: NOAA- Satellite Ocean Color System Vicarious Calibration – Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) Operations and Maintenance
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
Respond by: Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC−4Less than a day left
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Notice facts
Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public data file
- Solicitation number
- 1332KP27R0001
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Response date
- Respond by Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC−4
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Product or service code
- R425
- Place of performance
- Lanai City, HI
- Contracting office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA (1332KP)SILVER SPRING, MD 20910
- Agency
- Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Past prime awardees
Source: Award history, not a list of bidders on this notice
Past prime awardees · award history, not a list of bidders on this notice
30 companies held prime contracts from this office under NAICS 541715; 11 of them reported first-tier subawards to companies with NAICS 541715 in FedSub's records.
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · Reported first-tier subawards to 946 companies with NAICS 541715 in FedSub's records (latest Sep 2026).
24 more past prime awardees on Professional
Description
Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public data file
The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) Satellite and Information Acquisition Division (SIAD) located in Silver Spring, MD, intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed-price contract to the University of Miami ((located at Office of Research Administration 1531 Brescia Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33146 -2403; UEI RQMFJGDTQ5V3), on the basis of other than full and open competition in support of the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), which provides and enables oceanographic, atmospheric, and terrestrial satellite data, products, and applications for diverse organizations and users world-wide, and the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). STAR uses innovative science and applications to transform satellite observations of the Earth into meaningful information essential to NOAA. This effort is to operate and maintain NOAA’s operational ocean color system vicarious calibration capability, the Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY), in support of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) priority 2 ocean color requirements and existing NESDIS MOUs. MOBY must continue to be metrologically traceable to SI units. If awarded, the proposed subject contract action will be awarded using the "other than full and open competition" procedures at 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) as implemented by RFO Subpart 6.103-1 entitled, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This notice is not a formal Request for Proposals (RFP). However, interested parties or responsible sources who believe they can meet the operational, metrological traceability (SI units), and technical requirements of the MOBY system may submit a capability statement for consideration by the agency. Capabilities received before the closing date of this notice will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive…
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