NOAA corrects pricing form for Fairbanks satellite station proposals due Nov. 19

NOAA posted an amendment Nov. 10 correcting formula and referencing errors in the price proposal template companies must use to bid on operating and maintaining its Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station. Proposals are due Nov. 19 at 2 pm Eastern.

The errors were found after an earlier change, Amendment 3, according to Amendment 4. NOAA first sought small-business bids in a draft posted Oct. 15 with proposals due Nov. 9, then made the call for bids final in October. Amendment 2 moved the deadline to Nov. 19.

The Fairbanks station and a sister station at Wallops, Va., exist "to command and control the satellites, to track the satellites, and to acquire their data," according to a 2023 NOAA notice.

The contract is set aside for small businesses. Bidders must hold an active facility clearance from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, and Amendment 3 requires at least one staff member with a Secret clearance on every shift.

NetCentric Technology LLC holds the current operations and maintenance contract, which began June 2022 and runs through May 2027. Federal award records show $52.6 million obligated to it so far.

Separately, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska is seeking price quotes, not full proposals, for deposition court reporting services in Anchorage. The small-business solicitation was first posted Oct. 27 and updated Nov. 9 with answers to vendor questions. Quotes from firms that do not meet the small-business size standard will not be considered. Quotes are due by email to the contracting officer by Nov. 17 at 1 pm Eastern.

The General Services Administration also placed three small supply orders with Anchorage-based ASCI Federal Services LLC, which federal records list as a small, woman-owned business. Each was signed Nov. 2 with delivery through Nov. 5: $2,349 for copy paper, $94 for pressure-sensitive tape and $85 for hook fastener tape.