SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOAA COLLABORATIVE HPCC INCUBATOR PROJECT WITH TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2022 8:12:43 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Solicitation Number
- NWWP9251-22-00233MCW
- Response Due
- 7/24/2022 1:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Michelle C Walton, Phone: 3035786582
- E-Mail Address
-
Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov
(Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS), WFO CORPUS CHRISTI INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (TAMUCC) OUT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX TO COLLABORATE ON A PROJECT TO DEVELOP A MODEL USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO PREDICT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. THIS COLLABORATION IS A RESULT OF A NOAA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR PROPOSAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN MARCH AND APRIL 2022. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR PROPOSAL ANNOUNCEMENT WAS AN INTERNAL NOAA COMPETITION AND IS COMPRISED OF A PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR WHO IS A NOAA CIVIL SERVANT AND CO-INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE EITHER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE PARTNERS OR OTHER ACADEMIC PERSONNEL, AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY PERSONNEL. TAMUCC WAS CHOSEN TO DEVELOP AN INCUBATOR MODEL USING ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AFTER ALL PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED AND EVALUATED BY THE NOAA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. ***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Corpus Christi, TX, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06383375-F 20220711/220709230046 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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