Contact and place of performance
Grace LaPierre
La Jolla, CA
USA
Requisition 143051-26-0054 1. Points of Contact: Grace LaPierre, Contract Specialist U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA Western Acquisition Division 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 1, Seattle, WA 98115 EMAIL: [email protected] Charles Kendall, Contracting Officer U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA Western Acquisition Division 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 1, Seattle, WA 98115 EMAIL: [email protected] (2)...
View more(3) Codes for services or supplies: NAICS 334112
(4) Description:
(i) The requirement is for Annual Maintenance Support Contract Renewal, Spectra Logic SpectraGuard Next Business Day On Site Support for the Spectra T120 (LTO-7) tape libraries, a proprietary hardware that currently serves to maintain a reliable enterprise system backup production environment and the continuity of operations (COOP) for the scientific mission at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center. This system ensures data protection from loss due to inadvertent user actions, hardware and software failure, and general disaster or emergency situations with offsite backup storage. The Spectra Logic T120 tape libraries are the primary device for creating secondary copies of the tape based system and data backups for offsite storage as part of the Center’s disaster protection and recovery (COOP) plan. The requirement is for maintenance on this existing system, not an equivalent replacement system;
(ii) This presolicitation notice 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 or a request for additional information digitally via email to the points of contact listed above before the due date/ deadline of this SAM posting. Such requests and 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. The anticipated award date is estimated to be 06/01/2026.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Acquisition Division intends to award a firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole-source basis to Spectra Logic Corporation for hardware maintenance. This requirement provides an annual maintenance support contract renewal for Spectra Logic SpectraGuard Next Business Day On Site Support, specifically for Spectra T120 (LTO-7) tape libraries. Classified under NAICS 334112 for Computer Storage Device Manufacturing and PSC 7B21 for IT and Telecom - Compute: Mainframe (Hardware and Perpetual License Software), the acquisition sustains proprietary hardware used for enterprise system backup and continuity of operations at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California.
The Spectra T120 tape libraries serve as the primary devices for creating secondary data copies and offsite storage, protecting scientific mission data against hardware failure, software failure, or emergency disasters. This requirement is specifically for maintenance of the existing system rather than an equivalent replacement. Identified under solicitation number 143051-26-0054, the procurement process includes two attachments: a redacted Statement of Need and a redacted Sole Source Justification.
The government anticipates an award date of June 1, 2026. While this pre-solicitation notice is not a request for competitive proposals, firms may submit substantiating documentation to the primary contact, Grace LaPierre, by the response deadline of June 3, 2026. Such submissions will be used to determine whether the procurement should be conducted on a competitive basis, though the final decision remains within the government’s discretion.
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