SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Notice of intent to award noncompetitive procurement - software development to create tools for the processing of high-rate Global Positioning System data.
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS BRANCH OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS 3020 STATE UNIVERSITY DR. EAST, MODOC HALL STE 3001 SACRAMENTO CA 95819
- ZIP Code
- 95819
- Solicitation Number
- 06WRQQ0125
- Response Due
- 8/23/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/8/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Geological Survey, Northern California Earthquake Hazards Program (USGS), has a requirement for the development of software to be used in the processing of high-rate Global Positioning System (GPS) data for fault monitoring. A growing number of continuously-operating GPS stations are recording high-rate (e.g. 1 Hz) data. These observations, which provide direct measurement of ground displacement during an earthquake and temporally-dense measurements of the immediate post-seismic period, will play a crucial role in meeting two major goals of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: 1) monitoring deformation and providing data for rapid earthquake response, and 2) carrying out scientific research on underlying geophysical processes in order to improve our hazard forecasting ability. The USGS has positioned itself as a leader in the field of GPS geodesy for natural hazards monitoring and mitigation, and has established state-of-the-art GPS networks across the United States and its territories. Data from these networks are typically recorded at 30-second intervals and averaged over 24 hours to obtain daily positions. Such practices are not well-suited for detecting and characterizing short-term transient processes, including earthquake shaking, coseismic offsets, and postseismic deformation, as well as volcanic events and catastrophic landslide motion. The standard processing strategies used for daily GPS measurements cannot be applied to high-rate data. Recent advances in GPS signal processing have made it possible for high-rate positions to be determined in near-real-time. However, currently the USGS does not have the expertise to utilize high-rate GPS data to their fullest, but rather must rely on processing done by others or using proprietary software that is prohibitively expensive, is not open-source, and cannot easily be altered to suit specific needs. The USGS therefore has a requirement to develop open-source, freely-available tools for implementing near-real-time monitoring as well as obtaining high-quality absolute positions in post-processing using high-rate GPS data. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) to the University of Colorado at Boulder. Work by Dr. Kristine Larson's research group at the University of Colorado at Boulder has resulted in techniques for obtaining high-quality absolute displacement histories from high-rate GPS data using a method called modified sidereal filtering to mitigate multipath, a major error source in high-rate data. Implementing software tools based on these techniques at GPS processing centers within the USGS will allow USGS scientists to conduct detailed investigations into the mechanics of transient deformation, as well as develop near-real-time monitoring and warning systems for hazard mitigation purposes. Larson's research group is at the forefront of the high-rate GPS field, and is the only group with which the USGS can develop open-source, freely-available tools for implementing near-real-time monitoring as well as obtaining high-quality absolute positions in post-processing using high-rate GPS data. Other interested concerns having the ability to furnish these supplies shall submit a capabilities statement to the Contracting Officer no later than the closing date of this announcement. All submissions will be evaluated to determine if competitive opportunities exist. This is NOT an RFQ. As required by Federal Acquisition Regulation 5.102(a)(1), Request for Quotation 06WRQQ0125, resulting from this synopsis, will be made available through the GPE on or about 23 August 2006. Unless competitive opportunities have been identified as a result of this synopsis, the forthcoming solicitation will solicit a quotation only from the source identified above; competitive quotations will not be considered. For further information, please contact the Contracting Officer, Jeff Caravelli, at (916) 278-9341 or jcaravelli@usgs.gov. NAICS code 541511. Numbered Note 26 applies.
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