SOLICITATION NOTICE
L -- UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS - DENVER, CO
- Notice Date
- 3/21/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division-KC, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NWWR1000-13-00608
- Archive Date
- 4/24/2013
- Point of Contact
- Sharon Clisso, Phone: 816-426-7471
- E-Mail Address
-
Sharon.Clisso@noaa.gov
(Sharon.Clisso@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to acquire services to take, document and disseminate upper air rawinsonde observations and take and report cooperative and supplemental weather observations for the National Weather Service, (NWS), located at the Weather Service Contract Meteorological Observatory (WSCMO) in Denver, CO. 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 a certified upper air observer on duty at the contract office between 1030 and 1230 and between 2230 and 0230 Universal Time Code (UTC) daily. At least two contract employees shall have at least one year 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; maintain 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 Boulder NWS Office and the Contracting Officer's Representative; and for performing all other supervisory and managerial duties required. All upper air observations shall be done in accordance with the most recent revisions of the appropriate sections of EHB#9, and other related manuals and instructions provided by the NWS. Daily standard observational times are 0000 (UTC) and 1200 (UTC). The Government will provide the facilities, equipment, and supplies directly related to the taking, documenting and disseminating of upper air observations and the taking and dissemination of cooperative and supplemental weather observations. The Government intends to award a contract to the Offeror who meets the requirements stated in the solicitation and offers the lowest price. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. A solicitation will be available on or about April 25, 2013. The proposal due date will be stated in the solicitation. No paper copies of the solicitation will be issued. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to download the solicitation and related documents from the Federal Business Opportunities website and to revisit the site frequently to obtain any updates/amendments to any and all documents. Technical questions regarding this pre-solicitation notice should be sent to sharon.clisso@noaa.gov. All responsible small businesses may respond to this notice. DOC, Eastern Acquisition Division-Kansas City Office requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with System for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made to a company not registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM please access the following web site: http://www.sam.gov. In order to register, all offerors must have a Dunn & Bradstreet Number. A Dunn & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dunn & Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/eupdate or by phone at (800) 333-0505.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/CASC/NWWR1000-13-00608/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Weather Service Contract Meteorological Observatory, Denver, Colorado, United States
- Record
- SN03018353-W 20130323/130321235227-c466bf40f21effb0aad225dd92deebc6 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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