SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Agricultural Weather Data Subscription
- Notice Date
- 11/21/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SB-S-17-0002
- Archive Date
- 12/6/2016
- Point of Contact
- Paul Merritt,
- E-Mail Address
-
paul.merritt@ars.usda.gov
(paul.merritt@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Vendors that believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR part 12 and Part 13.5. No solicitation will be issued. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. Responses are to be received within 10 days of this notice. No telephone calls are being accepted. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), intends to negotiate and award on a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) basis. A purchase order will be one year firm-fixed price (plus four option years) awarded to AWIS Weather Services, Inc. of Auburn, AL for electronic access (via the internet and through local loading), Data Subscription with perpetual data rights to the subscribed content. Anticipated Date of Award: 12/15/2016. Statistical data series, particularly those used for analysis and forecasting, rely primarily on the continuity, consistency and quality of the data to provide valid analytical results. Breaks in the data or anomalies that can mask the impact or shifts in data trends can invalidate or skew any analytical results. NASS requires dynamic, real time data corrections on a weekly basis that includes re-contacting weather stations based on proprietary algorithms, before the data is released, preserving the integrity of the analytical results. The unique specific data quality measures, and ability to meet the rigid publications deadlines makes this provider the only source to provide this data while meeting these requirements. This includes the weekly publication ready table/column data of temperature and precipitations extremes, average, departure from normal, along with precipitation totals, graphics in the form of weather maps, and finally growing degree days and soil temperature data. The weather datasets in the required format need to be ready for publication, which is important in publishing the agency Crop Weather reports under extremely short deadlines each week.
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