SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Extension and Improvement of the APL/NOAA SAR Wind Retrieval System (ANSWRS)
- Notice Date
- 6/28/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NESDIS Acquisition Division, SSMC3 - Room 10100/OFA64 1315 East West Highway, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NEED13327JMH
- Response Due
- 7/23/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2007
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on behalf of the NESDIS Office of Research and Applications (ORA) intend to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. This acquisition for Other Than Full and Open Competition is pursuant to the authority permitted under Federal Acquisition Regulations Subpart 6.302-1, (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c (1) or 41 U.S.C. 253(c), Only one responsible source. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) wind speed processing software called the APLINDAA SAR Wind Retrieval System (ANSWRS) was developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) for the NESDIS Alaska SAR Demonstration. This system is currently providing near-real time high resolution coastal winds to the National Weather Service and other users. The system has been installed at NESDIS in the Alaska SAR Demonstration at JHU/APL and at other sites. The ANSWRS system was developed based on research and algorithm development done at JHU/APL. JHU/APL has modified the SAR winds system to handle input of various wind direction models, as well as the calculation of high winds in hurricanes and will now extend the system further to optimize the assimilation of wind directions to combine model wind directions with those derived from the SAR data itself and to improve algorithm performance in hurricanes. There are five task involved in the extension and improvement of the APL/NOAA SAR Wind Retrieval System: Task 1 enhancement of ALOS Wind Retrievals; Task 2 Operational System Critical Design; Task 3 Enhancement of SAR Wind Direction Estimates; Task 4 Integration of Wind Products with Mentor Project; and Task 5 ANSWRS Maintenance. The level of effort is part time for a Principal Staff physicist for 16 months. Extensive knowledge is required of the APL/NOAA SAR Wind Retrieval System software and associated web hosting system for wind projects and meteorological analyses. Computer skills necessary to carry out the work are proficiency in Interactive Data Language, Unix, Linux, and HTM1. Knowledge of the theory and practical experience in deriving wind measurements from SAR data are required. To be considered an affirmative response, all responses must include detailed technical information and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to meet the above requirements. In your response you must address each of the items listed above in sufficient detail to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirement. Failure to submit documentation will result in the agency proceeding as stated above. A determination by the agency not to open competition is solely within the discretion of the agency. A written affirmative response must be received no later than fifteen (15) days after the publication of this synopsis. Note 22 applies.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Ocean Research & Applications Division, 5200 Auth Road WWWB Room 711, Camp Springs, MD
- Zip Code: 20746-4304
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20746-4304
- Record
- SN01330130-W 20070630/070628220625 (fbodaily.com)
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