OceaView and OceaAlert Annual software license and Hardware

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate with Dickson/Unigage for the purchase of a OceaView Environmental Monitoring System hardware and software. The system is needed by the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) at NIST to monitor the temperature and alarm status of various laboratory equipment and room conditions. The sole source determination is based on the need to purchase additional Dickson hardware and annual software license for MML's existing environmental monitoring system. • The system will be used to monitor temperature and alarm status of liquid nitrogen vapor phase and air freezers, electric upright and chest freezers, and refrigerators. • The system will also monitor experimental environment of laboratory incubators and room conditions. • The integrity of thousands of reference materials and related calibrants and controls is dependent upon the maintenance of the correct temperature over the life of the materials.