SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Socioeconomic Data and Applications Distributed Active Archi - SEDAC Draft Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-2017SocioeconomicsandApplicationsDAAC
- Point of Contact
- ROGENIA M. B. DEAN, Phone: 301-286-0855
- E-Mail Address
-
ROGENIA.M.BURTON-PENDERGA@NASA.GOV
(ROGENIA.M.BURTON-PENDERGA@NASA.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SEDAC Draft Statement of Work NASA/GSFC is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for the operation of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) for socioeconomic and applications data. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. The EOSDIS socioeconomic and applications distributed active archive center is currently located at the Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, in Palisades, New York. This DAAC combines Earth sciences with socioeconomics to develop products and services using NASA remote sensing data that enable policy formulation and informed decision-making. These information products and services are useful for scientific research and education concerning human interactions with their environment, remote sensing research and applications, as well as broad sets of decision-making and analysis applications. This DAAC is a component of the EOSDIS information architecture that serves the NASA Earth Science community as well as the broader community of scientists. This DAAC will support users by providing socioeconomic and applications data and information services, assisting in locating and manipulating related data, and serving as a point of contact for the development and implementation of new methods and algorithms to derive socioeconomic and applications products. NASA is interested in awarding a contract for acquiring, processing, storing and distributing socioeconomic and applications data with a group that would work cooperatively with the ESDIS Project and the other Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs); the current contract is a cost, no-fee type. The period of performance is five years starting in August 2018. The scope of work includes, but is not limited to (see the Statement of Work): 1. To continue the operations and development of the supporting data and information system as an interoperable element of the distributed EOSDIS. Under the scope of this SOW, the contractor shall manage and operate the socioeconomic data and applications DAAC. 2. Systems engineering, operations and maintenance, development, user services, product generation, data and information management, archive and distribution, information technology security and related science and remote sensing support and research activities. These tasks define the activities, which allow the DAAC to acquire, process, archive and distribute socioeconomic data and applications needed for NASA Earth science research, as well as related data products generated from Earth science instruments which are useful to the broader science community and educational institutions. 3. Implementation also includes participation in the development of additional tools and capabilities needed to meet the EOSDIS requirements at all DAACs. 4. Coordinating with other organizations, agencies, DAACs, NASA Centers, and institutions in order to accomplish the goals and objectives of this contract. This includes developing and maintaining interfaces with other EOSDIS organizational elements, other agencies with which EOSDIS must cooperate, NASA's international partners with whom EOSDIS will be interoperable, and a broad variety of international organizations and working groups. For an understanding of the scope of the maintenance and operation of this DAAC respondents should review the provided references. These documents serve as a backdrop against which respondents must frame and pose the appropriate advanced information technology topics for further consideration: Reference URL 1. SEDAC Website http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/ 2. ESDIS Project Website https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/esdis-project 3. EOSDIS Earthdata Website https://earthdata.nasa.gov/ Directions to Responders: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) for the Earth Observing System (EOS) Data and Information System (EOSDIS). The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. Responses should demonstrate the operational reliability and robustness of the proposed approach, as well as simplicity and straightforwardness for users and the DAAC. The responses should show how the system could adapt to growth in the user community, changes in systems interfaces, and changes in technology. Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a capability statement of five (5) pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein, which conforms to Annex 1, "Template For SEDAC Continuing Maintenance and Operation Submittal". ANNEX 1 TEMPLATE FOR SEDAC CONTINUING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SUBMITTAL 1. Background and Description of Proposed Approach Describe in adequate detail the specific approach to implementing the socioeconomic and applications DAAC, which is being proposed for consideration, the current state of its development, how interfaces to DAAC-based systems would be implemented, and the comparability of your approach with or its use of current and/or anticipated commercial approaches. You should provide an Operations Concept ("a day in the life" scenario) illustrating the use of your approach. 2. Operational Robustness and Flexibility for Growth and Evolution of Proposed Approach Address the operational reliability and robustness of your proposed approach, as well as simplicity and straightforwardness for Earth science users and the DAACs. Describe how your approach to providing the system could adapt to growth in the user community, changes in the systems interfaces, and changes in technology. 3. Socioeconomic Science Support for the Earth Science User Community Describe specific details how the Earth science community will benefit from the support the socioeconomic and applications DAAC will provide. Describe the research organizations available, educational outreach mechanisms in place to assist the Earth science community, and your approach to maintaining existing and fostering new relationships and partnerships with international organizations and working groups. 4. Meeting NASA and EOSDIS program goals Describe how your approach to meeting the requirements of the statement of work will further NASA and EOSDIS program goals (as summarized in section 2.4 of the SOW) and facilitate the analysis and portrayal of the "human dimensions of global change". 5. Cost to Operate Provide a typical year of the cost to operate the SEDAC on an annual basis, and transitional cost for hardware migration to a potential new site. SCHEDULE: Deadline for Submission: August 15, 2017; due at 4:30pm Eastern Responses may be sent via electronic mail (in either Microsoft Word or ADOBE PDF format) or regular mailto: Rogenia M.B. Dean, Email: Rogenia.M.Burton-Penderga@nasa.gov, Regular Mail: Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Stop 210.6, Greenbelt, MD 20771. If you respond via regular mail, please also provide an electronic copy in the above formats in addition to the printed version of your submission. Technical questions should be directed to: Mr. Drew Kittel ESDIS Project, Code 423 Goddard Space Flight Center Tel. (301) 614-6582 E-mail: Drew.H.Kittel@nasa.gov Procurement related questions should be directed to: Rogenia.M.Burton-Penderga@nasa.gov This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement.
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