SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Sole Source Procurement of High Resolution, Long Period of Record Climate Data
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Fort Worth, PO Box 17300/819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300
- ZIP Code
- 76102-0300
- Solicitation Number
- W9126G-15-T-0016
- Response Due
- 12/3/2014
- Archive Date
- 1/18/2015
- Point of Contact
- Daina R. Black, 817-886-1031
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE District, Fort Worth
(daina.r.black@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Description: The proposed contract action is for services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. personsFirms may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received on or prior to 3 December 2014 date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. Interested companies shall respond to this notice by providing the following information: 1) Company Name, 2) Address, 3) Point of Contact information with telephone number and email address, 4) Cage Code, 5) Capabilities information/statement showing that the company has the ability to fulfill the Government requirement as described herein. The contractor shall be able to comply with all requirements described herein to be considered capable. This notice of intent to award a sole source is NOT a request for competitive proposals. The NAICS code is 519130. SIC code is 2731. The size standard is 500 employees. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, seeks to purchase gridded data sets of experienced monthly and daily climatic variables, to include at least precipitation and temperature. A real extent of coverage is the continental United States of America (CONUS). Required grid cell resolution is nominally 800 meters / 30 sec. Grids will be required in an electronic format compatible for direct use with ESRI ArcGIS software, (Esri is the developer of ArcGIS. Esri's ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for: creating and using maps; compiling geographic data; analyzing mapped information; sharing and discovering geographic information; using maps and geographic information in a range of applications; and managing geographic information in a database) the data sets will be delivered on portable, external computer hard drives compatible with USACE requirements. Required period of record for the monthly data is approximately the year 1900 to near present. Required period of record for the daily data is 1981 to near present. Qualifying data sets extending beyond these limits will be considered. The products sought are analogous to the products produced by the Parameter-Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) developed, maintained, and operated by Oregon State University, and shall be of a comparable level of integrity, accuracy, and acceptance in the scientific and engineering communities of practice. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE SHALL BE emailed to Daina.r.black@usace.army.mil and CIV-OPS.Proposals.usace.army.mil. NO fax or traditional mail submissions shall be accepted. This is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Firms intending to provide submittals must submit detailed information indicating their ability to meet the Government's requirements. All inquiries must be received by 2 PM (1400) CST on 3 December 2014. Place of Performance: Fort Worth, TX Point of Contact: Daina R. Black, Contract Specialist, (817) 886-1031 TECHNICAL POC: Cortney Dickmann, (817)886-1704
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA63/W9126G-15-T-0016/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, Fort Worth PO Box 17300/819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth TX
- Zip Code: 76102-0300
- Zip Code: 76102-0300
- Record
- SN03576638-W 20141121/141119234131-0ba1fe90e625faa5bb9dda458bb75d4a (fbodaily.com)
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