MODIFICATION
B -- Project Based Scientific & Technical Support Services - BPA and Task Order 0001
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2004
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NC-ND0000-4-00117
- Response Due
- 7/26/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/10/2004
- Point of Contact
- Robert Ransom, Chief, Phone 301-713-0820 x108, Fax (301) 713-0806,
- E-Mail Address
-
robert.ransom@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- AMENDMENT 03: The list of attendees at the pre-proposal conference is herewith attached. Further, vendors are advised as follows: NOAA?s strategy of awarding Blanket Purchase Agreement(s) is an experimental approach that, after considering the responses, may result in (1) no BPA(s) being awarded; (2) award of BPA(s) with a term that is as short as one year; (3) award of BPA(s) as planned. This decision will be based on an analysis of the perceived benefits to NOAA as well as Federal and Agency acquisition policy, regulation and procedure. Regardless of this decision, NOAA reserves the right to award the first task order independent of the BPA. Accordingly, prospective vendors are requested to submit a quotation for the first task order with pricing that reflects a base year with three one-year options. In the event that a stand-alone order is awarded, the terms and conditions of the BPA associated with everything but its term will be included. ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a bureau operating within the Department of Commerce, is interested in awarding one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements with venders capable of providing short-term, project-based specific scientific and technical support. During government fiscal year 2003, NOAA?s headquarters acquisition office acquired over $92 million worth of supplies and services to support the mission of the Ocean Service, Marine Fisheries Service, and Research Office. Approximately 70% of the 1,200 transactions issued in 2003 were simplified acquisitions for services and supplies that directly support NOAA programs. A portion of these simplified acquisitions were individual agreements for short-term (i.e., 6-12 months) technical and scientific services that required specialized skills to address a diverse range of projects that support programs and NOAA?s overall mission. The type of projects include services to collect and analyze scientific data, creating, reviewing and revising scientific and technical plans and reports, reviewing program plans, procedures and results for compliance with pre-stated goals, building and sustaining coalitions among scientific and technical experts, implementing program plans, providing litigation support, and coordinating program/project actions among Federal, state and local governments as well as industry and citizen groups. The majority of these services require individuals with broad technical and scientific knowledge combined with detailed knowledge of NOAA?s mission, objectives and line office operating plans. The following is a partial list of the types of labor that have previously been sought to work on short term projects: physical oceanographer, coastal scientist, oceanographer, marine biologist, marine ecologist, environmental scientist, fishery biologist, and natural resource economist. The level of experience can vary from junior level (graduate students) to principals and senior scientists. NOAA?s mission, line offices and program objectives can be reviewed on its webpage: www.noaa.gov. PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: In order to create a more efficient process for acquiring and managing the scientific and technical support services described above, NOAA is interested in awarding one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements to small businesses holding MOBIS Contracts (SIN 874) under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule. The first task order to be placed against the BPA is also included with this announcement. Small businesses holding GSA MOBIS schedule contracts (SIN 874) who are interested in being considered for award of a Blanket Purchase Agreement for the services described above should review the attached documents. These documents include: (1) A detailed Request For Quotation (RFQ-07_08_04); the prospective Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA 07_09_2004); and the first task order (BPA Task Order 0001).
- Place of Performance
- Address: Silver Spring Maryland and other locations throughout the United States
- Record
- SN00625089-W 20040718/040716211722 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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