SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- DTRA Meteorological Data Server and Numerical Weather Prediction
- Notice Date
- 8/14/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Headquarters), DTRA Annex, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060-6201
- ZIP Code
- 22060-6201
- Solicitation Number
- HDTRA1-12-R-0023
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2012
- Point of Contact
- Mary Kay Chase,
- E-Mail Address
-
Mary.Chase@dtra.mil
(Mary.Chase@dtra.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Reference: Sources Sought under ISR129925715, 19 Oct 11 Description: This is a presolicitation notice; the solicitation is projected to be released no earlier than 15 days after the date of posting of this notice. Background: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) currently has a requirement to develop and maintain meteorological systems for support to consequence assessment and management (CA/CM) functions. DTRA's current systems are composed of: 1. A high-resolution numerical weather prediction (NWP) system based on the NCAR/Penn State MM5 and 2. A 24/7/365 meteorological data server (MDS) system and Weather Client software application. The requirement is to build upon existing operational and research and development (R&D) meteorological computing platforms and prototype capabilities through research, design, development, engineering, publication, and upgrade of methodologies and technologies. The DTRA operational NWP capability must be made available on-demand in a "cold-start" mode meaning that potential operators of the system (i.e., engineers and scientists) not necessarily versed in the details of NWP should be provided with the ability to initialize an NWP forecast, verify the output, and process results that are operationally compatible with DTRA and DoD atmospheric transport and dispersion (ATD) codes (e.g., the Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability [HPAC], the Integrated WMD Toolset [IWMDT], and the Joint Effects Model [JEM]). The MDS system must be capable of serving weather data to 1000 simultaneous users, ensuring data is parsed, formatted, and transmitted successfully within five minutes. In addition, Weather Client software compatible with DTRA and DoD CA/CM systems that directly access MDS must be maintained and further developed. Both the NWP and MDS systems reside on DoD classified and unclassified networks and must meet DoD information assurance standards and be PKI and CAC accessible. The end-state goal is a comprehensive meteorological capability to serve DTRA and DoD CA/CM functions. The end system must include both an in-house, high-resolution NWP capability and the ability to serve NWP and observational data in appropriate formats seamlessly and securely to DTRA and DoD customers. General Information: (1) Action Code. ISR129925715 (2) Classification Code. Research and Development and Operations/Maintenance (3) Posting. 14 August 2012 (4) Contracts Office Address. 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir VA 22060 (5) Subject. Numerical Weather Prediction and Meteorological Data Systems (6) Proposed Solicitation Number. HDTRA1-12-R-0023 (7) Closing Response Date. 29 August 2012 (8) Contact Point or Contracting Officer. Mary Kay Chase (9) Contract Period of Performance. one-year base period with two, one-year sequential options. (10) Contract Performance: At contractor-proposed facility, partially, and remainder at Fort Belvoir (11) Set Aside Status: this does not include a set aside (12) Anticipated Award Date: 14 Dec 2012 All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. The solicitation will be made available through the GPE on or around (but no earlier than) 29 Aug 2012. Any responses to this notice shall be submitted no later than 12:00 P.M. (noon) ET, Wednesday, 29 Aug 2012. Electronic responses are required and shall be submitted to Ms. Mary Kay Chase, Contract Specialist, mary.chase@dtra.mil. Any documentation included shall become the property of the Government. Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional information is available. Requests for the same will be disregarded. There is no commitment by the Government to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties in support of any effort in response to this notice. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor facility in part and remainder at Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, United States
- Zip Code: 22060
- Zip Code: 22060
- Record
- SN02839925-W 20120816/120815001928-1e7fbf53ca84f29cdce675dfd6189d37 (fbodaily.com)
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