SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Romania: Integrated Climatology, Agro-Meteorological, Air Pollution Forecast and Warning, Computation and Training Center (INTEROPERATE) Project
- Notice Date
- 9/23/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, TDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0470042B
- Response Due
- 10/25/2004
- Archive Date
- 11/8/2004
- Description
- POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. DO NOT CONTACT THE CONTRACTS OFFICE. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Mr. Ion Poiana, General Manager, National Meteorological Administration, 97 Sos. Bucharest- Ploiesti, Sector 1, 013686 Bucharest, Romania; Phone: +40-21-231-2139; Fax: +40-21-230-3143. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study on the Integrated Climatology, Agro-Meteorological, Air Pollution Forecast and Warning, Computation and Training Center (INTEROPERATE) project for the Romanian National Meteorological Administration (RNMA). Since 2000, the RNMA has focused on implementing a new strategy to create a modern meteorological surveillance system. The first RNMA investment project, SIMIN, which is valued at $55 million, addressed Romania?s primary objective of modernizing and integrating the country?s various resources and real-time detection capabilities, and also facilitated the exchange of data at the local, regional, and global levels. Under the project, the team led by the RNMA and Lockheed Martin deployed weather radars, automated weather observation stations, lightning detection networks, weather satellite reception, numerical weather prediction models, hydrological buoys, forecaster decision/display systems, and telecommunications networks in Romania. The project team successfully integrated state-of-the-art, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies and products building on Romania?s existing meteorological infrastructure. The DESWAT program was initiated following SIMIN in order to improve the flood forecasting capabilities of the RNMA. The implementation of DESWAT, at a cost of $64 million, represented a significant upgrading of Romania?s hydrological monitoring system, enabling real-time monitoring and rapid response. The lead contractor on this project was Lockheed Martin. Building upon the SIMIN and DESWAT projects, the Romanian Government is now deploying a water management (WATMAN) system, which will integrate all the information related to river basin monitoring and will include all relevant ?actors? ? water agencies, industrial, urban, and agricultural users, hydro-works, etc. ? into a modern instrument for water management and disaster response. The system will be an essential tool in predicting and managing water emergencies such as floods, droughts, dam accidents, and accidental pollution. The proposed INTEROPERATE project would upgrade and enhance the existing SIMIN infrastructure, and would also add computing power, data storage capacities, and communications infrastructure in order to collect, integrate, and analyze data generated from the SIMIN, DESWAT, and WATMAN projects, increasing the effectiveness and benefits of all three. Ultimately, the INTEROPERATE project will form a core element of Romania?s planned National Crisis Management System. The INTEROPERATE project would specifically meet the following objectives: Modernization and enhancement of the observation and processing subsystems for climatology; Modernization of the agro-meteorological monitoring and forecast processes, and integrating them into a national system; Modernization of atmospheric pollution monitoring and forecast processes and integrating them into a national system; Development of a national meteorological data processing and storage center, encompassing data from SIMIN, DESWAT, and WATMAN; Development of an ongoing training program for meteorologists, agro-meteorologists, and environmental experts, with appropriate facilities. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $340,100 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm?s name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 p.m., October 25, 2004 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
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