SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Continuity and Consistency InherentOptical Properties
- Notice Date
- 7/25/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NEED2000-12-02840PMF
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- Patricia McBride-Finneran, Phone: 301-734-1239
- E-Mail Address
-
patricia.mcbride-finneran@noaa.gov
(patricia.mcbride-finneran@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce intends to issue a sole source firm fixed priced service purchase order to the University of Massachusetts Boston. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 USC 253(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source. Award will be made using FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition procedures the solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-58, effective May 18, 2012. Standard Industrial Code R499, North American Industry Classification System Code 541690 and size standard dollar values is $6.5 million business size. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotes. However, if any other interested party believes that it can meet the requirements, it may submit a statement of capabilities, which if timely received, will be considered by NOAA. The capability statement and any other information furnished must be in writing, and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NOAA to determine if the party can meet all of the foregoing requirements. Responses must also be accompanied by descriptive literature, warranties, and/or other information that demonstrates that the quote meets all of the foregoing requirements. Capability statements and related materials must be e-mailed to patricia.mcbride-finneran@noaa.gov by August 8, 2012, 11:00 a.m. local time. The University of Massachusetts Boston, Dr. Zhongping Lee, was involved with the former National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Ocean Color Team. The expertise and experience of Dr. Lee fits well with the need of our NOAA STAR led JPSS Ocean Color Team to validate the VIIRS ocean color products. His group is the only group that we have identified in the country that is capable of cooperating with us to carry out the research tasks within a short time period available for ocean color environmental data record (EDR) validation. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite was launched in October 2011. The JPSS Data Products and Algorithms (DPA) needs the ocean optics and ocean color remote sensing expertise of the Optical Oceanography Laboratory (OOL) at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) to 1) refine coefficients in algorithms to minimize impacts introduced by the band settings; 2) evaluate VIIRS remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) within varying aquatic environments; and 3) test, compare and evaluate NPP’s VIIRS Inherent Optical Property (IOPs) products over various water bodies, process VIIRS remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) to in-water IOPs, compare with matching field-measured IOPs and document the characterizations of VIIRS IOP products. The determination to compete or not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, Maryland, 02125, United States
- Zip Code: 02125
- Zip Code: 02125
- Record
- SN02815437-W 20120727/120726000600-71616edca130e5d5223a0dda049cb8ff (fbodaily.com)
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