SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- NASA ADVANCED SATELLITE AVIATION-WEATHER PRODUCTS (ASAP) INITIATIVE
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 144, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton, VA 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- SS-GIFTS-ASAP-01
- Archive Date
- 3/26/2004
- Point of Contact
- C. Tom Weih, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 864-3878, Fax (757) 864-8863, Email C.T.WEIH@larc.nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to C. Tom Weih
(C.T.WEIH@larc.nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA Langley Research Center is soliciting information regarding the availability of sources capable to serve as a primary support contractor for the NASA Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products Initiative. The future contractor will be required to conduct research and transfer meteorological satellite data processing technology for the purpose of enhancing aviation weather products to be used to conduct a Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) Aviation Demonstration. The purpose of this work is to produce aviation weather hazard graphic products to be used in the GIFTS aviation product demonstration. The hazardous weather graphics currently displayed by AWIN, i.e., Icing, Convective Weather, Turbulence, etc., have already been produced by the FAA Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP). To conduct the GIFTS Aviation Demonstration, ASAP will improve or add to the AWRP's suite of hazardous weather graphic products. The effort will be begin with the enhancement of current aviation-weather products with Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) and Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) data and processing techniques. This work will then evolve to encompass hyperspectral sounding data and advanced imagery that will be provided by the next generation of meteorological satellites such as GIFTS and GOES-R. The NASA Aviation Safety Program maintains a Memorandum of Agreement with the FAA to support aviation weather hazard research. ASAP is utilizing this MOA to collaborate with the FAA AWRP to enhance hazardous weather graphics produced by the AWRP through the infusion of current-and next-generation meteorological satellite data. The work will require enhancement of FAA AWRP Products to facilitate the demonstration rather than undertake the costly and riskier process of trying to produce these products from scratch. Because of the groundbreaking nature and scope of the ASAP initiative, the benchmark for determining whether the contractor has the capability to produce the full range of products described in the ASAP study report is as follows: Those responding to this Sources Sought Synopsis shall have demonstrated leadership in: (1) research related to atmospheric radiative transfer, satellite meteorology, and numerical weather prediction; (2) the dedicated production of meteorological satellite methods, algorithms and applications thereof; (3) developing operational products from environmental satellites for improved monitoring of the earth-atmosphere; (4) conducting research using passive remote sensing systems for geostationary and polar orbiting meteorological satellite, airborne and surface-based applications; (5) the daily utilization of large data sets from current operational geostationary and polar orbiting meteorological satellites; (6) developing ground based and airborne hyperspectral, interferometric instrumentation similar to that being developed as the GIFTS sounder; (7) developing ground based and airborne hyperspectral, interferometric sounding retrieval algorithms similar to those which might be used to support the GIFTS Measurement Concept for radiance, temperature, water vapor, and wind retrievals. The goal of ASAP is to conduct a robust GIFTS aviation product demonstration to enhance aviation safety. Information regarding the NASA GIFTS Project can be found at: http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/eo3/. The route to that demonstration is to integrate current and new geostationary and polar-orbiting satellite information into the FAA AWRP PDT's suite of weather products. Information regarding the FAA AWRP can be found at: http://www1.faa.gov/aua/awr/. ASAP shall fully enable the FAA AWRP PDT's to posses the capability to utilize environmental satellite data sets to develop the aviation weather products required for the demonstration. All offerors shall have the capability to serve as the primary support contractor for the NASA Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products Initiative from 2003 through September 2005. Those responding shall be able to begin development of ASAP detection algorithms in FY2003, and will assist in the incorporation, implementation and testing of these algorithms into the FAA AWRP forecasting systems in FY2004 and FY2005. Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a capability statement of 5 pages (12 point font)or less, excluding reference material, indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein and submitted to: NASA Langley Research Center, ATTN: John J. Murray, Mail Stop 401B, Building 1250, Room 205, Hampton, VA 23681-2199. The preferred method of submission is a Microsoft Word document (Office 2000) via e-mail to johnj.murray@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. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Technical questions should be directed to: John J. Murray, at (757) 864-5883 or via e-mail to john.j.murray@nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Tom Weih at (757) 864-3878 or via e-mail at c.t.weih@larc.nasa.gov.
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