AWARD
58 -- Meteor Burst Communication
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2009
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Centers Servicing Unit, Fort Worth Federal Center, Building 23, 501 Felix Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76115, United States
- ZIP Code
- 76115
- Solicitation Number
- NRCS-NCSU-22-08
- Archive Date
- 5/1/2009
- Point of Contact
- James H. Lowe,, Phone: 817-509-3520
- E-Mail Address
-
james.lowe1@ftw.usda.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- AG-7482-C-08-0006
- Award Date
- 9/19/2008
- Awardee
- METEOR COMMUNICATION CORP., 22614 66TH AVE. SOUTH, kENT, Washington 98032, United States
- Award Amount
- $344,125.
- Description
- FAR 6.302-1 (2) (ii) (A) (B), Non-competitive award to Metero Communication Corporation. This award is a non competitive contract of services, hardware and software items from Meteor Communications Corporation (MCC) in Kent, Washington to enhance the two NRCS meteor burst master stations and the Central Computer Facility (CCF) located at the National Water and Climate Center. The SNOTEL system is the largest meteor burst remote data collection system in the world, with approximately 670 stations operating throughout the western US. MCC produced the original meteor burst software and the hardware at the master stations and remote stations associated with the ability collect data. The software, which handles the communication between the remote stations and master stations, is proprietary in nature. The NWCC is in the process of upgrading the remote stations and must change the master station and CCF software and some hardware items in order to effectively take advantage of the new system capabilities. The changes that are required allow the NWCC and Data Collection Offices to remotely re-program the dataloggers associated with the remote stations using meteor burst communication. Currently, we are not able to send updated programs to our remote station with our current software and hardware design and a field technician must travel back out to the station to make a program change, which is very costly. In this proposal, MCC will take their COTS hardware and software and modify it in order for it to run in the NWCC environment. The modifications to the software involve the knowledge of the existing proprietary meteor burst communication software and hardware and would limit other potential vendors to effectively make the new system work. To attempt full and open competition for a procurement of the new hardware and software and the integration of their system into the NWCC environment would create a substantial duplication of cost that most likely could never be recovered. It would also incur unacceptable product development delays to fulfill agency requirements. Minimal downtime of the SNOTEL system is a major requirement in this contract because the data are required for water resource assessments. MCC is fully aware of the importance and has planned accordingly to ensure that downtime is at a minimum. The changes required under this contract should be completed in less than 90 days after award.
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