SPECIAL NOTICE
F -- Sole Source Notice for Fuels Calculation Expertise
- Notice Date
- 10/22/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-3 Southwestern Region, 333 Broadway, SE Acquisition Mgmt., Regional Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102
- ZIP Code
- 87102
- Solicitation Number
- AG-8371-S-10-0002
- Archive Date
- 12/22/2009
- Point of Contact
- Melissa K. Paquin-Leon, Phone: Email only please!, RUFUS KI COLE, Phone: Email only please!
- E-Mail Address
-
mpaquinleon@fs.fed.us, rcole01@fs.fed.us
(mpaquinleon@fs.fed.us, rcole01@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- USDA Forest Service, Southwest Region, Albuquerque, New Mexico intends to perform a sole source contract with Pyrologics LLC of Missoula Montana for the purpose of applying dynamic fuel models to fire behavior modeling of wildland and urban/wildland fire situations, development of Fuel Calc, and the revision of FVS-FFE. Other tasks may include development of training material for the BehavePlus fire modeling system, development and assistance with General Technical Reports, and the development of fuel model look-up tables. This contract will require highly technical fire behavior expertise and fuel modeling expertise. Value is estimated to be $100,000 to 500,000. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1 “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” As the developer of the Fuel Calc program, Pyrologix LLC possesses unique knowledge, capabilities and proprietary intellectual property/data required to carry out the required research effort. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is currently available. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Responses/proposals received within forty-five (45) days after date of publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open basis is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to meet the requirements by submitting a white paper and past performance data by no later than 45 days after this notice date to USDA FS R3 RO – AQM, Attn: Melissa Paquin- Leon, 333 Broadway Blvd, S.E., Albuquerque, NM or via email to mpaquinleon@fs.fed.us. Questions shall be submitted to the above email address. Please refer to Numbered Note 22.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/8371/AG-8371-S-10-0002/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Missoula, Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States
- Record
- SN01990186-W 20091024/091022234757-9d06f175c2c9372292ffc11d6b9aeafc (fbodaily.com)
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