SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- UCSRB DATA STEWARD
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561990
— All Other Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WASC-7-7963
- Response Due
- 8/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2007
- Description
- This requirement is being procured in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The office of NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) located in Portland, OR intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board. The Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board (UCSRB) proposes contracting to NMFS and other funding entities for funding through 2009 of the stewardship of the Upper Columbia region?s fish and aquatic resource data using existing data management tools that were specifically created for use with the Upper Columbia Monitoring Strategy. The role of the Data Steward would be to assist all agencies that manage monitoring data related to fish and aquatic resources in the Upper Columbia region and to do so in a coordinated fashion. Background Information on the UCSRB Data Management Position The Data Steward position is founded on several successful data management developments in the Upper Columbia in recent years. For example, the need for a coordinated data management system was specifically identified as a key objective in the Upper Columbia Regional Technical Team?s (RTT) draft Strategic Plan. BPA and NMFS have developed the STEM Databank and other data management tools for the Wenatchee and Entiat River basin under the Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP). Additional data management tools have been developed in the Okanogan River Basin to archive data collected as part of the Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Program (OBMEP). Data are also being collected in the Methow River Basin by the state, federal, tribal and private entities. All of these long-term status and trend monitoring efforts need to be coordinated and managed to serve local and regional needs under programmatic initiatives such as the Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion mandates, Endangered Species Act recovery implementation, PUD hatchery program monitoring requirements, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council?s fish and wildlife program, and State and Tribal salmon recovery and management efforts. The Data Steward would provide technical expertise to the data collectors working in the Upper Columbia and would create or utilize data management tools to organize, upload, store, analyze, and report monitoring data for the Upper Columbia ESU/DPS. Programmatic fisheries and aquatic resource management programs, such as those identified above, require a burgeoning amount of data in order to answer increasingly complicated and inter-dependent questions that help to inform a larger and more diverse set of interests. Current ways of storing and processing fisheries and habitat data is uncoordinated. Individual agency computers do not effectively meet the novel, evolving, and collective needs of these agencies and the public in recovery planning, effectiveness monitoring, and decision making. By not coordinating data management needs, there is a risk of duplication of effort and wasting of resources. Also, many agencies need data to be more accessible through a coordinated, centralized, web-based data management system. Consequently, the development of a regionally coordinated data management system is a necessary step to effective monitoring and evaluation. Perhaps the most immediate need for hiring a Data Steward is that ISEMP?s current role as the defacto Data Steward in the Wenatchee and Entiat rivers cannot continue as that program shifts focus to develop its work in other subbasins. While ISEMP will continue to conduct monitoring in the Upper Columbia, develop new data management tools, host the STEM Databank, and maintain the established data management standards, this program does not have the capacity to serve the other programmatic needs identified in this proposal. TASKS/SERVICES The contractor shall: 1) Implement the Upper Columbia data stewardship strategy by providing technical guidance and assistance to cooperating data generators in the Upper Columbia. 2) Provide first-tier customer support to monitoring and evaluation projects that are aligned with the Upper Columbia Monitoring Strategy (Hillman 2006) and the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. 3) Develop protocols to facilitate data collected in each subbasin to be integrated into the STEM Databank and the coordination of data uploading to the STEM Databank. 4) Document protocols, standardize datasets, program additional functionality, document analysis procedures, support the production of reports or maps, coordinate standardized methodologies, and teach workshops and training sessions for cooperating data generators, the UCSRB, the RTT, and the public. DELIVERABLES 1) The development of an agency-neutral, locally-operated, standardized and coordinated data management system for Upper Columbia fish, habitat, and water quality data. 2) The development of a locally-based staff to support the operation of a data management system that collects data from local data generators. 3) The compilation of local data in order to conduct ESU/DPS wide analysis, and coordinate the flow of data into regional databases. 4) The reporting of data on a regular, timely, basis for adaptive management decision making. The period of performance is from date of award through September 30, 2009. The intended acquisition is for services for which the Government intends to acquire from one source under the authority of 41 USC 234 (c) (1), Only One Responsible Source. This is not a request for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The government reserves the right to solicit offers based on receipt of affirmative responses to this notice, or issue a contract to the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board without further notice. All interested parties must respond to this announcement within fifteen (15) calendar days of its publication. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to (206) 527-7166 attention to Melvin Fondue. ****The Western Regional Acquisition Division, requires that all contractors doing business with this Acquisition Office be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) as of October 1, 2003. After this date, NO award can be made unless the vender is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR please access the following web site: http://www.ccr.gov. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at www.dnb.com/eupdate or by phone at (800) 333-0505. All contractors are also required to complete online Representations and Certifications at HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GO
- Place of Performance
- Address: Portland. OR
- Zip Code: 97232
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 97232
- Record
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