SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Development of Experimentally Operational Neural-Net Based Oil Spill Detection System - Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 6/29/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), AGO, External Clients, SSMC4 Room 7545, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NEED3000-10-14605
- Point of Contact
- Shalisha Harris, Phone: 301-713-0838 x197, Natalie Simonson, Phone: 301-713-0838 ext. 205
- E-Mail Address
-
SHALISHA.HARRIS@NOAA.GOV, natalie.simonson@noaa.gov
(SHALISHA.HARRIS@NOAA.GOV, natalie.simonson@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service), intends to award on a sole source basis, under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302 Other Than Full and Open Competition with The Florida State University for the Development of a Experimentally Operational Neural-Net Based Oil Spill Detection System. The National Ocean Service (NOS) and other environmental users are concerned about oil in the marine environment because it is destructive to wildlife, recreational beaches and delicate coastal ecosystems and because its cleanup is difficult and costly. In support of such users, the NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) intends to develop oil detections procedures/algorithms based primarily on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data. Oil spill monitoring is needed under a number of scenarios including: 1. Oil releases from vessel groundings or sinkings 2. Oil spills, whether intentional or unintentional, from vessels underway (such as results from bilge pumping) or at anchor or docked 3. Oil spills/leaks from oil drilling or production platforms or underwater pipelines 4. Oil spills from shore or riverside facilities which make their way to the water Several types of algorithms have been developed to use synthetic aperture radar satellite data to detect oil in the marine environment. Such algorithms/software include a neural network based approach that STAR has reviewed and found particularly promising. However, mapping of oil in the marine environment has not been done successfully in a solely automated fashion. There are too many false positives when any one type of satellite remote sensing data is used; thus the most successful oil spill analysis techniques involve a human analyst and are interactive. Ideally an analyst with access to additional data/algorithms should interactively use an oil spill analysis technique such as a neural net algorithm as a tool and quality control its output to produce a useful oil spill map. Therefore the NESDIS Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPD) Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) will take the tools that NESDIS/STAR develops and use them to perform man-machine mix analyses of SAR and other data to detect marine oil. The purpose of the work covered by this request is to develop a working neural network system under the guidance of NESDIS/STAR that uses Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite data to provide an automated outline of potential oil spill regions for further modification and quality control by human analysts in the NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch. The resulting man-machine mix product will support users in NOS and other agencies. The software will be employed in an experimentally operational fashion and be extensively tested prior to modification for full operational production in the future. Vendors who believe that they have the ability to develop the Experimentally Operational Neural-Net Based Oil Spill Detections System are required to submit in writing affirmative response demonstrating that they can meet the Government requirements to provide the required system. The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish bona fide capability to meet the requirements. Failure to submit sufficient documentation will result in the Government proceeding as stated above. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Affirmative written responses must be received no later than 10 days after this publication. The POC is Shalisha Harris, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 713 0838 x 197, email shalisha.harris@noaa.gov Submit written questions to Shalisha Harris no later than July 7, 2010. The closing date is July 13, 2010, 11a.m. local time
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