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W913E526N4982
Response Deadline
May 11, 2026, 5:00 PM(CDT)6 days
Eligibility
Contract Type
Presolicitation
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research Laboratory (CRREL) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Mount Washington Observatory upon the basis of the authority provided at RFO 12.102(a).
ERDC-CRREL requires services of site access, field support, and data products supporting a sensor deployment near the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire that will begin in 2026. The anticipated Period of Performance (POP) is one 12-month base period and three 12-month option periods. CRREL, through the ERDC GRE 6.1 program, is testing the sensitivity of fiber optic sensor systems to environmental conditions, with an emphasis on cold and extreme conditions.
Under this action, CRREL requires support services, data products, site access, deployment and maintenance support to advance the research project as follows:
Mount Washington Observatory has been identified as the only source capable of fulfilling the Government’s requirement due to its unique combination of setting, access, and independent data collection. Mount Washington exhibits extreme and highly variable environmental and meteorological conditions, rendering it an ideal natural environment for testing and data collection that cannot be replicated in a laboratory. The Government requires a site that can provide a stable, climate-controlled setting for sensitive instrumentation along with a site to run several kilometers of fiber-optic cable that will serve as the sensing element. The Observatory, which maintains a continuous presence at the summit, is uniquely positioned to offer infrastructure at the summit as well as continuous, year-round access to the site for maintenance. Furthermore, the Observatory operates a dense sensor network that records conditions with unusually fine spatial resolution, meeting another requirement of the work to correlate sensor performance with environmental fluctuations. Lastly, the field site is within 100 miles of the duty station of key RS/GIS CX technical staff, addressing the need for supplemental field measurements that must be conducted during the duration of the experiment. Due to the unique scientific exploration access and support required, Mount Washington Observatory is deemed the only provider reasonably capable of fulfilling the Government’s requirements.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.
Responses to this notice shall be submitted NLT 12:00 PM CDT, 11 May 2026 to: Tomeka.J.McNeely@usace.army.mil.
Telephone responses will not be accepted.
Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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Tomeka McNeely
DEPT OF DEFENSE
DEPT OF THE ARMY
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
SCO ALEXANDRIA
ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB
W2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB
KO CONTRACTING OFFICE VCCO
72 LYME ROAD
HANOVER, NH, 03755-1290
NAICS
All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
PSC
GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH