SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Fire Spread Logic in SIMPPLLE
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-1 Western Montana Acquisition Zone (Lolo NF; Flathead NF; Bitterroot NF; Regional Office; Aerial Fire Depot), Building 24, Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, Montana, 59804, United States
- ZIP Code
- 59804
- Solicitation Number
- 790869
- Archive Date
- 4/1/2016
- Point of Contact
- Tami L Mitchell, Phone: 406-329-1009
- E-Mail Address
-
tlmitchell@fs.fed.us
(tlmitchell@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Sources Sought notice is a request for information to be used for preliminary market research and planning purposes only. The Government is seeking responses from contractors interested and capable of performing the required services. No proposals are being requested or accepted. This is NOT a solicitation and no contract will be awarded from this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of interested parties including Small Business (SB); 8A; Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone); Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOB); and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). Region One expects to solicit for a contract for Fire Spread Logic in SIMPPLE. This project is to incorporate the fire spread logic developed at the Missoula Fire Lab into the SIMPPLLE model. The SIMPPLLE model in its present form recognizes fire spread dynamics that differ by vegetation dynamics (species, size, structure, density) fuel moisture (climate), elevational position, and wind direction. However, the rate of spread in the model is not well recognized. SIMPPLLE, in the absence of fuel barriers such as previous fires, water, rock, etc. tends to spread fires outward in a square shape (Figure 1). The implications of this simplistic fire spread algorithm are not known, but at the very least the depictions seldom sit well with fire managers and modelers familiar with the latest science incorporated by FS Research. The contractor will work with the Regional Analyst and the appropriate Fire Scientists at RMRS to determine the best spread algorithm to use in the SIMPPLLE model, translate the code into the Java programming language (from C++) and work with the Analyst to test, debug, and develop documentation and sample input files that work with the new spread logic. The new spread logic will be available as an option in SIMPPLLE rather than a replacement of the current spread logic. See Figure 2 for an example of a fire modeled and spread with the FLAMMAP algorithm. In order to determine the extent of industry interest and capability, interested parties must submit a written response to ATTN: Tami L. Mitchell, USDA Forest Service, WMAZ Acquisition, 24 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT, 59804 or email tlmitchell@fs.fed.us. Responses are due by March 18, 2016 2:30 p.m. MT. The responses shall include: 1) Name of Firm, Point of Contact, Mailing Address, Telephone Number, and DUNS number. 2) Identification of the appropriate small business eligibility as determined by the NAICS size standards, the Small Business Administration and registration in System for Award Management (SAM), including SB, HUBZone, 8A, SDVOB and WOSB. 3) A brief description of experience providing this type of services including dollar value of previous work performed within the past three years
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/03R6/790869/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Building 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, Montana, 59804, United States
- Zip Code: 59804
- Zip Code: 59804
- Record
- SN04045214-W 20160311/160310000209-f0444682908edea3501d6098d178fbaa (fbodaily.com)
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