SOURCES SOUGHT
M -- Operation, Maintenance, and Technical Support at NOAA/NESDIS Command and Data Acquisition Station near Fairbanks, AK
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561210
— Facilities Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- AB133E-15-FCDAS-SS
- Archive Date
- 2/27/2015
- Point of Contact
- Noah N. Nielsen, Phone: 2065266034, Amanda Sickels, Phone: 2065266313
- E-Mail Address
-
noah.nielsen@noaa.gov, amanda.sickels@noaa.gov
(noah.nielsen@noaa.gov, amanda.sickels@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Disclaimer: This is not a solicitation. This is not a request for quote (RFQ), invitation for bid (IFB), request for proposal (RFP), request for application (RFA) or an announcement of a solicitation, and does not assume the Government will award a contract or proceed with any of the above solicitation efforts in the near future. This request is for information purposes only and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued or awarded. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect cost or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of information. All information considered proprietary shall be marked accordingly. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for improperly identified proprietary information. Properly identified proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with federal regulations. The purpose of this announcement is solely to gather information from the marketplace, and any responses received will neither be considered an offer by the responding party nor returned to the responding party. No telephone inquiries will be accepted, and requests for solicitation packages will not honored since no solicitation has been prepared. Synopsis: Sources Sought This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is conducting market research for the purposes of identifying small businesses that have demonstrated capabilities in the area of engineering and ground system engineering support. No solicitation of offers is made by this synopsis. Background: The Government maintains a Command and Data Acquisition Station (CDAS) at Fairbanks, Alaska, for the primary purpose of acquiring meteorological and environmental satellite mission data from polar-orbiting satellites managed and/or operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). This facility is NOAA's primary command and data acquisition facility for its polar-orbiting operational environmental satellites. The Station characteristics of having a high northern latitude and semi-remote location all combine to set Fairbanks aside as the premier data acquisition site for polar spacecraft missions. The Station coordinates are 64 degrees 58 minutes 37.711 seconds North latitude, 147 degrees 30 minutes 54.421 seconds west longitude. The station also collaborates with other U.S Government and international agencies to provide routine, contingency, and emergency support for polar-orbiting spacecraft. The Fairbanks CDA Station is a National Critical Asset and therefore must remain in operations 24x7x365. The Station's primary mission is to meet the command, data acquisition, data re-transmission and data distribution requirements of the constellations of polar-orbiting satellites managed and operated by NOAA. Ground station activities use ten antennas ranging from four meters to 20 meters in diameter, including two remotely operated antennas located in Barrow, Alaska. An additional three-meter antenna will be installed in Fairbanks in mid-2015. Today's constellations consist of weather and other earth-observing satellites from the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), Suomi-NPP, METOP, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), JASON-2, AQUA, AURA, LANDSAT-8, and COSMIC. The site also provides on-demand support for the westernmost Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-W). Future missions in 2015 will include JASON-3 and DSCOVR. NOAA may add other missions to the Station during the course of this contract. The Government will assure the necessary training, hardware and software resources are provided to complement the Contractor provided manpower necessary to achieve the operational availability required by each mission. The Contractor shall provide all the necessary resources to operate and maintain all station functions to assure timely delivery of data from satellite passes. The Contractor shall provide the operational expertise to fulfill a backup command and control responsibility for the NOAA polar program missions. The core staff assigned to the spacecraft telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C) and data management functions will employ Government-provided antenna monitor and control equipment that has automated many of the traditionally labor-intensive command and data acquisition functions. The expected scope of this work is to provide general management, administrative, operations and maintenance services, and technical support requirements of the FCDAS, exclusive of identified Government-only functions, for all missions and projects of the station. Staff the FCDAS with appropriate technical, administrative and management personnel in order to maintain the ground station support services for the assigned, government-managed and -operated satellite constellations and the respective mission operations and data processing centers. The NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, Maryland, is the primary control and data processing center for NOAA spacecraft. Requirements: Provide labor and materials for general management functions at the station. Provide labor and materials for general administration at the station Provide labor to operate, test, calibrate, and perform preventive and corrective maintenance on all systems and equipment used to support NOAA managed and operated missions and non-NOAA missions of the FCDAS. The Contractor shall be responsible for the total operation and maintenance of systems that support the primary and secondary missions of the station. Provide all the necessary resources to satisfactorily perform all maintenance requirements for the FCDAS ground system elements, facilities, vehicles, roads, and other infrastructure. This includes routine preventive maintenance on a scheduled basis, as well as corrective maintenance to the component level. This maintenance is scheduled with the control center to alleviate the operational loading during the maintenance period. To maintain a high level of efficiency and uninterrupted mission operations, a regular schedule of preventive and corrective maintenance on the FCDAS ground system is scheduled in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. Perform personal property management services for the Station in accordance with Federal Management Regulation and NOAA personal property management policies and procedures. Provide all necessary labor and materials for operations/engineering management services to support the station's missions. These services include, but are not limited to, preparation of charts illustrating project milestones, preparation of any necessary project documentation (station support plans, integration test plans, interface tests, station spacecraft compatibility test plans, etc.), development and implementation of any directed system modifications, creation or modification of necessary operations procedures, and development and implementation of system testing procedures. Provide the necessary personnel to administer and secure all components of all FCDAS IT systems and networks. IT security functions to ensure compliance with FISMA, Department of Commerce, and NOAA requirements include documentation, inventories, continuous monitoring, configuration management, and implementation of appropriate controls. Manage environmental, safety, and health programs at the station to ensure adherence to all applicable federal, state, and local policies and regulations. Information Requested: Interested companies should describe their capabilities as they relate to the following: •Adaptability - ability to respond to emerging and expanding needs of their sponsors and anticipate future critical issues; and •Objectivity - ability to produce thorough, independent analyses to address complex technical and analytical problems. In addition to addressing technical capabilities, responses must include the following: •Name and address of firm •Size of business (i.e., small, small disadvantaged business, woman owned, etc.) •Average annual revenue for the past 3 years and number of employees •Ownership •Number of years in business •Affiliate information •Parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential subcontractor) or subcontractors (if potential prime contractor) •List of customers covering the past five years (highlighting relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, and dollar value of each procurement) •Point of contact - address and phone number; Submittal Requirements: Telephone responses are NOT solicited and will not be accepted. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to award a contract, nor will the Government pay for the solicited information. Please submit your response via email to the attention of the Contact Specialist, Mr. Noah Nielsen (noah.nielsen@noaa.gov) no later than February 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Each response shall be no more 15 single-sided, single-spaced pages (excluding the cover page), and each page shall be separately numbered.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station, 1300 Eisele Road, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99712, United States
- Zip Code: 99712
- Zip Code: 99712
- Record
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