US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), PGAS, Procurement Operations Division, 1325 East West Highway, Station 4301, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283

D -- PREDICTION MODEL SOL 52DDNW-5-00076 POC LaMar Carlson 301/713-0839 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Office of Hydrology, Silver Spring, MD, intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO, for assistance with implementation of the Water Resources Forecasting System (WARFS) within the upper Mississippi River basin at the North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC), Minneapolis, Minnesota. The contracted work is to support new development in the area of Extended Streamflow Prediction (ESP) and enhancement/calibration of rainfall-runoff models within the National Weather Service River Forecast System (NWSRFS) for WARFS. Vendors who believe that they can meet this requirement are required to submit in writing an affirmative response demonstrating they have all of the following: 1) extensive operational experience with design, development and implementation of large scale hydrologic forecast systems based upon the National Weather Service River Forecast System; 2) lead role capability including experience in the development and implementation of Extended Streamflow Prediction (ESP) models of the type used by the National Weather Service for real-time forecasting of large river systems; 3) expertise in the development of software for operational application to display, analyze and process information in a data base including historic rainfall maps and plots of streamflow hydrographs; 4) demonstrated experience in the documentation and implementation of operational software (UNIX, primarily C or FORTRAN) for large river forecast systems; 5) knowledge and experience in the use and application of hydrometeorological data, Geographical Information Systems, coupling hydrologic and meteorologic models, and integration of software systems; and 6) an in-depth knowledge of personal and scientific workstation computer systems and associated operating systems. To meet project milestones, vendors must be able to apply these abilities without delay in the development of the system. Offerors who believe they can satisfy the requirement must demonstrate their ability in writing. All written responses must include a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to meet the above requirements. The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirements. Failure to submit 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. A one year with an additional one year option, fixed labor price contract with a fixed ceiling is contemplated. Affirmative written responses must be received no later than 45 days after publication to this synopsis. See Note 22.(0067)

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