SOLICITATION NOTICE
L -- Upper Air Weather Observations
- Notice Date
- 11/25/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Central Region Acquisition Division, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- WC133W-09-RP-0022
- Response Due
- 12/12/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/27/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jacquelyn A Shewmaker,, Phone: (816)426-7462
- E-Mail Address
-
jacquelyn.a.shewmaker@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to acquire services to take, document and disseminate upper air rawinsonde observations and the taking and reporting of supplemental weather observations for the National Weather Service, located at the Weather Service Contract Meteorological Observatory (WSCMO) in International Falls, MN. It is anticipated that a contract will be awarded for a base period of 12 months, and four, 12-month option periods. The contractor shall provide an adequate number of personnel who are certified upper air weather observers to perform the services. The contractor is required to have one certified upper air observer on duty at the contract office between 1030 and 1430 and between 2230 and 0230 UTC daily. At least two contract employees shall have at least one year's experience or more in taking upper air observations within the last three years. A third contract employee shall have at least six months experience in taking upper air observations within the last three years. All contract employees shall be certified by the NWS and have an upper air observing certificate by the commencement of a contract. The supervising official assigned by the contractor shall be responsible for promulgating instructions and information; for developing quality control techniques; maintaining established quality control procedures; preparing the reports required by a contract; filing revisions to the instruction manuals; working with other staff to review performance and provide training; preparing work schedules to be reviewed by the Duluth NWS Office and the Contracting Officer's Representative; and for performing all other supervisory and managerial duties required. All upper air observations shall be performed in accordance with the most recent revisions of the FMH #3, WSOH #10, MicroART Training Guide (for Vaisala Radiosondes), the appropriate sections of EHB #9, and other related manuals and instructions provided by the NWS. Upper Air observations shall be taken two times daily, each day of the contract period. The Government will provide the facilities, equipment, and supplies directly related to the taking, documenting and disseminating of upper air observations. The Government intends to award a contract to the contractor that meets the requirements stated in the solicitation, has positive past performance references, and provides a price that is determined to be fair and reasonable. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on or about December 19, 2008. The proposal due date and time will be stated in the RFP. Any small business interested in a copy of the RFP, should submit a request in writing to jacquelyn.a.shewmaker@noaa.gov. All responsible responsive small businesses may submit an offer which will be considered by the Agency. All contractors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). Information for getting registered may be obtained at http://www/ccr/gov/ and http://www.bpn.gov, respectively. In order to register with the CCR and ORCA to be eligible to receive an award, all Offerors must have a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) number. A D&B number may be required free of charge by contacting D&B on-line at https://www.dnb.com/oroduct/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505. The applicable NAICS code is 541990, with a small business size standard of $7.0 million.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: WSCMO, Terminal Building 2nd Floor, Route 9, Box 117, International Falls, Minnesota, 56649, United States
- Zip Code: 56649
- Zip Code: 56649
- Record
- SN01710073-W 20081127/081125215447-e16eb691042c9aaa27806e7736c57622 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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