Awarding a Purchase Order for the repair of the following equipment: SENSOR, ICE FREE WIND (IFW), ASOS MODEL 425NWS (WS425D7A1C), ASN: S100-2A8MT3A2 and PROBE/TRANSMITTER ASSY FOR DTS-1, PN: DTT1, ASN: S100-2MT4-3A1A1 to Vaisala, Inc.

Special Notice: The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), National Reconditioning Center (NRC) is awarding a Purchase Order for the repair of the following equipment: 30 each SENSOR, ICE FREE WIND (IFW), ASOS MODEL 425NWS (WS425D7A1C), ASN: S100-2A8MT3A2 and 19 each: PROBE/TRANSMITTER ASSY FOR DTS-1, PN: DTT1, ASN: S100-2MT4-3A1A1 to Vaisala, Inc. Sole Source Justification: The Government only knows of one source, the original equipment manufacturer and or sole source of repairs, Vaisala, Inc. A Sources Sought was posted to FBO on July 28, 2015 for 5 days and no responses were received. Market research: ASN: S100-2A8MT3A2 Multiple searches of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Dynamic Small Search did not identify any small business available to compete for this required repair service. Search parameters included a combination of NAICS codes ‘334519' and key words: ‘repair, ice free, wind sensors, Vaisala'; and just key words: ‘repair, ice free, wind sensors, Vaisala'; ‘repair, ice free, wind sensors'; ‘repair, ultrasonic, wind sensors'; and ‘ultrasonic, wind sensors'. Searches of "Repair ice free wind sensors" and "Repair ultrasonic wind sensors" in GSA's eLibrary also returned no matches. ASN: S100-2MT4-3A1A1 Multiple searches of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Dynamic Small Search did not identify any small business available to compete for this required repair and calibration service. Search parameters included a combination of NAICS code ‘334519' and key words: ‘repair, dewpoint sensors, Vaisala sensors'; and just key words: ‘repair, dewpoint sensors, Vaisala sensors'; ‘repair, Vaisala sensors, Vaisala DTS 1'; and ‘DTS 1'. Searches of "repair of dew-point sensors" and "Vaisala DTS 1" in GSA's eLibrary also returned no matches.