SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site Visit Synopsis
- Notice Date
- 4/26/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander, ATTN SMDC-CM-AP, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801
- ZIP Code
- 35807-3801
- Solicitation Number
- USA-SNOTE-060426-003
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2006
- Description
- The United States Army Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site (USAKA/RTS) is tentatively planning a site visit for the upcoming Meteorological Support Services (MSS) competitive effort. Based on contractor interest, the government contemplates conducting a site visit in late June 2006. The site visit will consist of briefings and tours of meteorological facilities. A SECRET level security clearance will be required of all site visitors. The contractor will be responsible for all costs associated with tr avel to and from Kwajalein to include lodging, meals, and other subsistence expenses while on Kwajalein. Accommodations for lodging and transportation for the site visit will be limited. A maximum of 2 persons from an individual contractor will be author ized to attend the site visit. Information regarding per diem rates and airfare rates for travel to Kwajalein as well as other general information may be found at http://www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/EntryAutoInst.html. Contractors interested in attending the s ite visit should e-mail a list of individuals, including name and security clearance, to patricia.vail@smdc.army.mil no later than May 16, 2006. A Top Secret facility clearance will be required for the MSS competitive effort. This effort will be a competitive set aside for small disadvantaged business pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. Foreign participation will not be allowed at the prime or subcontract level. The planned period of performance is a 24 month basic effort with 3, 12 month options. The planned contract type is cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort. Release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected in early Jun e 2006. USAKA/RTS is located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) approximately 2,100 nautical miles west-southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, 9 degrees north latitude and 167 degrees east longitude, approximately 700 miles north of the equator, in an intertrop ical convergence zone (ITCZ). USAKA/RTS is located west of the international dateline resulting in a normal government workweek of Tuesday through Saturday, which corresponds with the Continental United States Monday through Friday workweek. USAKA/RTS i s home for approximately 2,500 U.S. Government civilian, military, and contractor personnel who perform various roles in support of the missions of USAKA/RTS. USAKA/RTS provides substandard unaccompanied housing and limited family housing, limited dental and medical facilities, schools (preschool 12), dining facilities, department and grocery stores with limited choices, recreational activities and most of the amenities of a small town of comparable size. The primary mode of transportation is bicycle wi th no privately owned motor vehicles allowed. As a Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), RTS is required to provide meteorology support as part of its test support capability. Consequently, RTS has a continuing need for MSS to support operations by collecting, processing, and interpreting meteorological data; providing specialized weather forecasts; and providing meteorological consultation services. MSS effort includes operation and maintenance of meteorological equipment and instrumentation; syst ems engineering and integration; and improvement and modernization. The required MSS effort is provided near the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), in an extremely corrosive marine environment (i.e., salt spray and periods of heavy rainfall). The con tractor may be required to provide MSS on a campaign basis at remote locations outside Kwajalein Atoll, such as Wake Island and Aur Atoll in the RMI, as necessary to support USAKA/RTS customer requirements. Additionally, MSS are needed to perform the norm al duties of a weather forecast office and meteorological observatory. The contractor is expected to operate the following equipment, (Surface Observation Systems)Primary Systems: a 3-cup rotor anemometer and spread-tail wind direction vane to perform wi n d measurements, H1063 Hygrothermometer to measure temperature, humidity, and relative humidity, Visala model PA-11 digital barometer for surface pressure measurements, rain gauges to measure precipitation, Ceilometer to measure cloud base heights up to 12, 000 ft. Handar Automatic Weather Observing Systems with loggers and modems augmented by cloud height and visibility sensors. Rain gauge arrays with loggers, Joss Distrometer for drop size measurements and analysis, NOAA Tide Gauge and NOAA radiation sens or array, (Upper Air Systems and Equipment). MSS fixed Radiotheodolites and GMD-5000 portable Radiotheodolite utilizing 1680 transponding radiosondes and an array of meteorological rockets and payloads, Portable A.I.R. Radiotheodolite utilizing 1680 trans ponding radiosondes, PWN 10D, 11D, and 12A met rocket payloads launched with Super Loki or Viper motors and supported by MPS-36 tracking radars to obtain very high altitude data, Optical Pilot Balloon (PIBAL) observations to obtain low level wind data, (Re mote Sensing) KPOL, Dual Polarized, DWSR-93 Doppler S-Band Radar for numerous direct and indirect measurements of weather, wind, and other atmospheric phenomena.Portable C-Band Doppler weather radar, Lightning Detection System, LLP, Inc., Advanced Lightnin g Direction Finder and Advanced Position Analysis operation direct readout from GMS geostationary satellite and both NOAA and DMSP polar orbiting satellites, CO2 slicing of POES to detect Hi Altitude Cirrus (HAT Ci), (Forecaster Data and Support). Numerous national and international meteorological data circuits, Network array of SGI Unix-based workstations handling Navy and NWS Numerical, Weather Prediction data sets and models, Real time consultation with other Pacific-region forecasters operation. Ultima tely the contractor is expected to provide the normal duties of forecast office and meteorological observatory. Routine public service, aviation, and marine forecasts are issued, and weather warnings and advisories are disseminated as required.
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