SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- JCSDA Support to the NOAA Data Lake Pilot Project
- Notice Date
- 7/21/2020 3:29:07 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA KANSAS CITY MO 64106 USA
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Response Due
- 8/5/2020 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/20/2020
- Description
- The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (DOC/NOAA/NESDIS), intends to award a sole source intends to award, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)�The Government intends to enter into a sole source requirement with the�The�Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation�... University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Objective The NOAA produces critical environmental observations and data to its missions to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts and to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems. To predict weather events, NOAA runs the nation�s preeminent NWP models and provides the simulated forecasts to forecast meteorologists and the public. These models leverage observations of the environment to initialize the forecast through a process called data assimilation. Observations used to feed the data assimilation process are collected from various satellite, aircraft and ground-based observing systems then are processed and routed from different organizations to a centralized processing location at NOAA. Networking and pre-processing adds latency, or time from when the observation was made, to the assimilation process and negatively impacting the NWP model performance. To improve the data assimilation process, NOAA is piloting a centralized Data Lake in the commercial cloud. The goal of the NOAA Data Lake Pilot will be to demonstrate the feasibility and benefit of bringing all the observations into a common repository at the NOAA level. This aggregation will limit routing of data, thereby and will demonstrate the value of bringing assimilation pre-processing to the data. Additionally, to limit egress cost and networking latency, the JCSDA must leverage the same cloud service provider as used by the NOAA Data Lake Pilot project, namely Amazon Web Services (AWS). The JCSDA will partner with the NOAA Data Lake Pilot in demonstrating the value to NWP model performance by leveraging the cloud-based repository for its data assimilation needs. The JCSDA will access data within the NOAA Data Lake in near-real time via the Big Data Program (BDP) which provides free public access to data within the commercial cloud. From there, the JCSDA will employ the data within the next-generation data assimilation system to then test the impact of a streamlined data assimilation approach on the NWP model performance. JCSDA evaluation activities will begin in August 2020 and are targeted to conclude in the July 2021 timeframe while the NOAA Data Lake Pilot Project is happening. 1.2. Scope The scope of this contract will support the JCSDA development team and will fund their use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-based compute and storage services. The Government requires the following items: 1.2.1. ���� Provision AWS cloud-based storage and compute within a secure environment to enable data assimilation research 1.2.2. ���� Monitor cloud usage costs reports and provide budget alerts to project management team at the JCSDA 1.2.3. ���� Connect to the near-real time data flow from the Big Data Program (BDP) and coordinate with BDP management as needed to ensure continuous connectivity 1.2.4 ����� Evaluate the benefit of direct ingest of observing system data available from the NOAA Data Lake� on the next generation software system, the Interface for Observation Data Access (IODA), and the JCSDA near-real-time observation monitoring application. 1.2.5 ����� Conduct data assimilation research on the impact of lower latency observations relative to conventional model performance� 1.2.6������ Provide evaluation and research results from experiments to the NOAA Data Lake Pilot stakeholders. 1.2.7������ Coordinate with the NOAA Data Lake Pilot team as subject matter experts on data assimilation and provide guidance on selection and prioritization of observations for hosting in the Data Lake repository 2��� IT Security Requirements The JCSDA will leverage an IT environment outside of NOAA IT Security boundaries and therefore will be responsible for ensuring IT Security requirements are met commensurate with University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) set policy. Additionally, the JCSDA will not require NOAA equipment or emails as they have existing equipment and emails provided by UCAR. DOC IT Security Policy media sanitization requirements (MP-6) FAR 39.101(d) regulations involving NIST common security configuration checklists including Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) or United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) initiative. Personal identity verification requirements from FAR 4.1302 and FIPS PUB 201 [in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12)] FAR part 11.002 requirements which state that unless the agency Chief Information Officer waives the requirement, when acquiring information technology using Internet Protocol, the requirements documents must include reference to the appropriate technical capabilities defined in the USGv6 Profile (NIST Special Publication (SP) 500-267) and the corresponding declarations of conformance defined in the USGv6 Test Program. To meet� this requirement each DOC acquisition of IP protocol technology must express requirements for IPv6 capabilities in terms of the USGv6 Profile (i.e., using the USGV6 Capabilities Check List) and vendors must be required to document their product�s support of the requested capabilities through the USGv6 test program (reference https://wwwx. antd.nist.gov/usgv6/ using the USGv6 Suppliers Declaration of Conformity THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Interested persons 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 or a solicitation for offers.� However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same product to Joel L. Perlroth, Contracting Officer at Joel.L.Perlroth@noaa.gov� by August 5, 2020�no later than 1 pm EST. All capability statements received by the closing date of this notification of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 12 commercial procedures. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541715�� Size Standard $1,000 Employees
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