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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 16, 2005 FBO #1237
SOLICITATION NOTICE

B -- Analysis and evaluation of scientific services

Notice Date

4/14/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541710 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
 

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

EK3RFQ127
 

Response Due

4/28/2005
 

Archive Date

5/13/2005
 

Description

The U. S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/NESDIS, intends to negotiate with The City University of New York, Research Foundation, New York, NY Center for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) under the Hampton University /Crest Program on a sole source basis in accordance with the authority of 41 U. S. C. 253 ( c ) (1), only one responsible source. The CREST Program is a collaboration of Universities in the NYC metropolitan area including CUNY, NEW York, directed in part at Minorities, for a the continued study of GOES Surface Ultraviolet Radiation Product. The facility at Hampton University has extensive experience in retrieving surface radiation, including ultraviolet radiation, from satellite measurements. They have derived surface radiation budget (SRB) from the Clouds and the Earth?s Radiant Energy System and conducted a thorough analysis of the accuracies using high quality surface measurement including data from SURFRAD and those collected at the site of the CERES Ocean Validation Experiment (COVE). Members of CAS are already familiar with many elements of the GOES UV Project. The University has contributed to many of the validation data sets planned for the evaluation of the GOES Surface Ultraviolet Radiation Product. At the present time the surface UV flux is estimated experimentally from the visible radiance measured by the imager instrument onboard the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES). Presently, the surface UV flux is estimated offline, in near real-time, using inputs from two systems. One system is the Continental United States (CONUS) GOES Surface and Insolation Product (CONUS GSIP) system that provides the necessary radiances and auxiliary data at a 0.5-degree latitude/longitude grid and uses column amount of ozone from the NOAA Stratosphere Monitoring Ozone Blended Analysis (SMOBA). The second system is the full-disk GSIP system with a latitude/longitude resolution of 1/8 of a degree and which ingests the NOAA Global Forecast System (GFS) total column amount of ozone. Surface UV is estimated identically in both systems, but cloud detection and sources of auxiliary data are different. The work to be performed will be to evaluate and improve the estimates of surface ultraviolet fluxes derived from GOES. The evaluation will include, but not limited to, comparison with ground measurements (SURFRAD, USDA UV-B Monitoring Network) and comparison with independently derived satellite estimates (TOMS< CERES). The contractor shall build a system (software + data) for the evaluation of the GOES surface UV product. Evaluate the GOES surface UV product using ground data and independent satellite estimates. Assist in improving the GOES UV retrieval. Offerors certain they can meet the requirement are request to submit in writing an affirmative response and technical capabilities. All written responses must include a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information demonstrating their ability to meet the above requirements. Failure to submit such documentation will result in the government proceeding as stated above. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Affirmative written responses must be received no later than 15-days after publication of this synopsis. Award will be made using simplified acquisition procedures. All information in response to this notification must be submitted in writing to the attention of Sally Huber, Contract Specialist. Note 22 applies.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 5200 Auth Road, Camp Springs, MD

Zip Code: 20746

Country: U. S. A.
 

Record

SN00787988-W 20050416/050414211751 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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