Awarded a Purchase Order for the evaluation and repair of ENCODER, PN: 20890-1, MODEL 1625H-14NB, ASN: R400-2A1A1A2A1

Special Notice: The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), National Reconditioning Center (NRC) awarded a Purchase Order for the evaluation and repair of 21 each ENCODER, PN: 20890-1, MODEL 1625H-14NB, ASN: R400-2A1A1A2A1 to Ruhle Companies, Inc. Sole Source Justification: This evaluation and repair service requires proprietary parts to complete the repairs. The Government only knows of one source that has access to these proprietary parts, Ruhle Companies, Inc. Market research: Multiple searches of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Dynamic Small Search did not identify any other small business available to compete for this required repair service. Search parameters included a combination of NAICS code ‘334519' and key words: ‘repair, nexrad, encoders'; and just key words: ‘repair, nexrad, encoders'. A search of "repair Nexrad encoders" in GSA's eLibrary returned no matches.