SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS) DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS) SOCIOECONOMIC DATA AND APPLICATION CENTER (SEDAC)
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.6, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- ESDIS-42850-270
- Response Due
- 9/5/2002
- Point of Contact
- Isabell Watts, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 614-5298, Fax (301) 614-5267, Email Isabell.M.Watts.1@gsfc.nasa.gov - Jamiel Charlton Joyner, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 614-5406, Fax (301) 614-5267, Email jjoyner@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Isabell Watts
(Isabell.M.Watts.1@gsfc.nasa.gov)
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. This document is for information and planning purposes and to promote competition. This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to seek industry comments and inputs concerning the maintenance and operation of the Socioeconomic Data and Application Center (SEDAC) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). This EOSDIS DAAC is required to provide products and services for policy formulation and decision making which combine Earth science and socioeconomic data and to improve the exchange of data and information between Earth science and socioeconomic data users. This DAAC is the institutional element within the Earth Science Enterprise (ESE). This DAAC must work with other DAACs, which provide operational data and information services for other disciplines. This DAAC has two areas of equal priority. First is the development and consequent operation of applications, which support the user community. The other is the improvement of the exchange of data and information between Earth scientists and socioeconomic data users. The ESDIS Project is interested in awarding or renewing a contract for acquiring and archiving SEDAC type data with a group that would work cooperatively with the ESDIS Science Operations Office (SOO) and the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs). The functions of this facility would include, but are not limited to: 1) Data acquisition and application development as necessary to support the SEDAC mission. Types of SEDAC data categories include: (1) natural resources, (2) environmental indicators, (3) population dynamics, (4) economics, (5) public health, and (6) policy and institutions 2) Archive and distribution for all data sets that SEDAC is the primary source. 3) Sustain and expand the existing Information Gateway between the Earth science and socioeconomic science communities. 4) Sustain a SEDAC socioeconomic directory consistent with the formats of and interoperable with the Global Change Master Directory. 5) Sustain a granule-based inventory for socioeconomic data archived and distributed by SEDAC. 6) Populate a SEDAC Guide. 7) Perform all data systems operations and any related manual operations associated with data ingest, data maintenance, generation of new products, maintaining and updating metadata, and data and information services for users. 8) Perform sustaining engineering needed to optimize the data systems. 9) Participate in the EOSDIS Operations Working Group. 10) Ensure long-term integrity and viability of the data products it generates or holds. 11) Distribute data and products to users electronically and/or on media. 12) Generate information products defined by the SEDAC-developed applications. 13) Provide user services to support the SEDAC user community. 14) Participate in the EOSDIS User Working Group. 15) Establish and maintain an effective SEDAC User Working Group. 16) Establish and maintain a formal configuration management process 17) Provide regular activity and financial reports. 18) Interact with the Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) Alliance and NASA Headquarters. 19) Strong understanding of the socioeconomic user community. 20) Fully staffed with trained engineers and operators Geographic Constraints: 1) This facility should be resident at or have a strong partnership with a university to encourage education outreach, academic involvement and scientific research. Infrastructure Constraints: 1) Site must posses an acceptable level on personnel and network security. 2) The facility should already exist and require little modification. 3) Data networks and communication systems should already be in place and available for use. Management Constraints: 1) Management and personnel should already be familiar with managing data acquisition, product generation, archiving, and distribution of socioeconomic data. 2) Management must have experience coordinating and conducting operations with NASA and foreign agencies. For an understanding of the scope of the maintenance and operation of the SEDAC 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 and URL 1. SEDAC Website http://sedac.ciesin.org 2. Sample Statement of Work http://romulus.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 3. SEDAC Guide http://harp.gsfc.nasa.gov/v0ims/DOCUMENTATION/GUIDE-VALID/GUIDES/guideautho rs.html Table 1 In addition, information concerning the EOSDIS DAACs is available on-line at: http://ulabibm.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac/. The ESDIS Project encourages responses from businesses or other groups interested in the opportunity of providing a SEDAC DAAC site. The responses should demonstrate the operational reliability and robustness of the proposed approach, as well as simplicity and straightforwardness for users and the DAACs. Sources with information relevant to this request are asked to respond by submitting a white paper of no more than five (5) pages which conforms to Annex 1, "Template For SEDAC DAAC Continuing Maintenance and Operation Submittal". The paper should clearly address their level of knowledge in the socioeconomic sciences, and pass interactions with this user community. The approach should provide a portion or all of the needed capabilities. Please provide a typical year ROM costs estimates Comments and suggestions for improving the SEDAC DAAC is always encouraged and solicited. All information received from this RFI will be combined and used for government procurement planning purposes. Sources are urged to describe their approach in enough detail so that NASA can plan for subsequent proposal opportunities for which proprietary information is appropriate. The information received in response to this RFI will be reviewed and summarized by a panel of experts. Some or no part of the summarized and synthesized recommendations may or may not form the basis of a future NASA solicitation, such as a NASA RFP (Request for Proposals). Annex 1 TEMPLATE FOR SEDAC DAAC CONTINUING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SUBMITTAL 1. Background and Description of Proposed Approach Describe in adequate detail the specific approach to implementing the SEDAC DAAC, which is being proposed for ESDIS Project consideration, the current state of its development, how interfaces to DAAC-based systems would be implemented, the comparability of your approach with or its use of current and/or anticipated commercial approaches. 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 socioeconomic 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. Science Support for SEDAC user community Describe specific details how the socioeconomic science community will benefit from the support the SEDAC DAAC will provide. Describe the research organizations available and educational outreach mechanisms in place to assist the socioeconomic science community. 4. Cost to Operate Provide a rough estimate of the cost to operate the SEDAC DAAC on an annual basis. Responses may be sent via electronic mail, regular mail, or fax to: Mr. Quinton Barker, ESDIS Project, Code 423, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771 Tel. (301) 614-5303 Fax (301) 614-5267 E-mail: Quinton.E.Barker.2@gsfc.nasa.gov If you respond via regular mail or fax, please provide an electronic copy in Microsoft Word format in addition to the printed version of your submission. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review. Any questions regarding this announcement should be directed to the identified point of contact. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 97 format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?group=C&pin=51 It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html
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