USDA, Forest Service, 517 Gold Avenue, S.W., Albuquerque, NM 87102

S -- MONTHLY WEATHER SERVICE SOL R3-97-5 POC Carol Benavidez, Contracting Officer, 505-842-3348 CBD synopsis published on November 8, 1996 is being modified as follows, we are requesting quotations for the following: Weather service to 12 locations within the Southwestern Region, which include Arizona and New Mexico. The service must deliver a continuous feed of the most current weather data to an IBM compatible, DOS based personal computer. The data must include all NOAA National Weather Service Family of Services feeds (NAA 604, NOAA Weather Wire, Domestic Data, International Circuit) hurricane and tracking projection graphics, doppler radar displays, real-time and hour-old through 23-hour old lightning real-time and hour-old strike data and GOES 8 and GOES 9 satellite pictures. The requirements of the service are: 1) A continuous, KU-band satellite delivered feed of 9600 baud or faster. 2) One combined data feed including text and graphic data. 3) Text data to be value-added text, in ASCII format. 4) Color graphic data to be VGA in resolution or higher. 5) Color Doppler Radar displays on national, six (6) regional maps, all state maps, and/or custom (user defined) base maps; containing overlays on interstates and roads, county lines, lakes, rivers, streams and resovoirs; updated every fifteen minutes; system storage for up to the past 23-hours; user defined looping or animation displays of any time frame. 6) Color coded lightning displays (positive and negative polarity) on national, six (6) regional maps, all state maps, and/or custom (user defined) base maps; containing overlays of interstates, roads, county lines, lakes, resovoirs; updated every in real-time; system storage for up to the past 23-hours; user defined looping or animation displays of any time frame. 7) GOES 8 and GOES 9 color satellite displays (IR) on three perspectives (western,USA (coast-to-coast), and eastern); updated hourly; system storage for up to the past 23-hours; user defined looping or animation displays of any time frame. 8) Contractor provided and maintained satellite earth station. 9) Free software updates and enhancement, transmitted over satellite. 10) System software and user defined for automatically saving each/all products to disk, automatically refreshing product to view upon arrival, automatically printing products, and automatically sounding audible alarm upon product arrival. 11) System software for automatically detecting when any NWS product (forecast, weather watch or warning, etc.) has expired and provides the user for deleting or retaining expired product. 12) Hurricane tracking with projected path in multi-colored displays, update automatically in real-time. Projected paths to also include projected areas containing 35, 50 and 75+ knot winds. All tracking and projection displays to be available on global, oceanic, USA, USA regional, state and user defined maps. 13) ISOGRAPHIC surface and upper air analysis and projection graphics include all NWS products, such as MFR 10-day, European, NGM, ETA, AVN, etc. models. All displays must have user defined and changeable color patterns. 14) System containing an available product data base of more than 29,000 weather lines. 15) System software for selecting up to 300 products to store from product menu. 16) System software for "daisy chaining" systems for product storage of more than 300 products, permitting unlimited storage. 17) All systems software documentation. 18) Installation of all system components. 19) Training of all system components. 20) 24-hour per day, every day customer service. 21) A.M. and P.M. fire weather forecast. 22) METAFIRE weather forecast. 23) Fire weather red flag warnings and watches. 24) Haynes index. 25) Ventilation data. 26) May require a Fire Weather Forecaster on-site during critical fire weather activity on an as needed daily basis (24 hour availability). The provisions in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition as well as the following clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793)., 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212). We anticipate a one year contract with an option to renew, beginning February 1997. Any award will be contingent upon Technical Approval. Any responses to this synopsis/request for quotations should be sent to Contracting Officer, USDA Forest Service, 517 Gold Ave., SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102 and reference the quotation number. For information contact Carol Benavidez, 505-842-3348 at the above address. Vendors wishing to respond should provide the following: A price on company/firm's letterhead showing unit price, monthly service fee including all applicable taxes, prompt payment terms and remittance address and completed FAR Clause 52.212-3 Offer, Representations and Certifications, Commercial Items. Offers must be in writing and accompanied by the completed Representations and Certifications. Facsimile and telegraphic or oral offers will not be accepted. Offers are due NLT 1630 hours on January 31, 1997. (0009)

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