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B -- SPECIAL STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SOL 0A1212 DUE 050500 POC Sally Huber 301-713-0855 Lawrence Frazier 301-713-0851 B -- -U. S. Dept of Commerce/NOAA/NOS/Staff Office for International Program has a requirement for a contractor to provide services for the Development of a Mexican GIS-Based Inventory of Land-based Sources of Pollution. NOAA/NOS has been actively involved in the binational Bight of the Californias project and desires to support development of the Mexican component of a binational GIS-based inventory of point and non-point sources inventory will be developed for the area which extends oceanographically from the Tijuana beaches in the north to Bahia de Todos (Ensenada) in Mexico. This work will be performed in direct support of the United Nations-sponsored Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities GPA. The study area of the binational inventory project is the entire drainage of the Bight of the Californias. The Mexican study area will include the entire drainage area of the Mexican portion of the Bight of the Californias. Existing information on point and non-point sources of pollution for this entire study area will be compiled and entered into a GIS ArcView format. The principal focus of this contract will be on detailed point source data for the Tijuana-Ensenada coastal corridor located between the coordinates of 32 degrees 32' y 31 degrees 40' latitude north and 116 degrees 40' and 117 degrees 03' longitude west. Non-point source data will be included if it is available. The limits are: on the North, the border with USA, on the South, the internal portion of Punta Banda, Ensenada, B.C., on the East 200 meter contour elevation which marks the sharp change in the slope of the coastal surface or a distance of 10 km inland: and on the West, the isobath of 200 meters depth marking the edge of the continental shelf. Tasks 1. Develop detailed time line for project in coordination with U. S. Technical team to coordinate activities related to database structure and GIS development. 2. Participate in approximately 7 meetings with the Mexico technical team,the U. S. Technical Advisory committee, and the Bight of the Californias Ad Hoc Committee, to establish principal pollutants of concern for which to make loading estimates in the pilot project area, and get consensus from Bight of Californias Ad Hoc Committee. Establish standard spatial units, industrial classifications, classifications of point sources into major and minor discharge indicators, and metadata with U. S. Team to insure cross-border database compatibility, 3. Identify and list sources of existing information on point and non-point sources of pollution in the Mexican study area and do a gap analysis. 4. Compile general existing GIS data layers to produce a base map needed to display point sources and obtain detailed support layers for the pilot study area. 5. Obtain a "facility" file. This file will list all major and minor facilities in the study area and have important attributes such as facility name, contact name, telephone, locational information, type of industrial of municipal activity, and other. 6. Assign latitude/longitude coordinates to all major and minor facilities. 7. Assign all facilities to spatial units such as the coastal corridor, watersheds, receiving water, county, etc. 8. Obtain a "permit" data file for permitted pollutants in the study area. 9. Obtain a "pollutant loading estimates" file for most permitted pollutants of concern in the study area. 10 Work with Federal, State, and Local personnel to verify and quality control the data. 11. Provide to the U. S. host institution of the binational inventory (TBD) copies of all digital data files, supporting documentation, metadata, hard copy maps, etc. The contractor must be bilingual (English-Spanish) and have qualified expertise in GIS coastal research and applications. In additional, the contractor must be well versed in the political, environmental and scientific issues of the unique border region, particularly the Bight of the Californias GPA pilot project. The contractor must also have excellent knowledge of the contacts witha range of appropriate Mexican agencies and organizations in Baja California from which to obtain the information. Interested Parties who believe they can provide this service are invited to request a Solicitation Package by FAX at 301-713-0806 or mail a request to the above address, to be received no later than 15 days after the date of this notice. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Reference 0A1212S/Staff Office for International Program has a requirement for a contractor to provide services for the Development of a Mexican GIS-Based Inventory of Land-based Sources of Pollution. NOAA/NOS has been actively involved in the binational Bight of the Californias project and desires to support development of the Mexican component of a binational GIS-based inventory of point and non-point sources inventory will be developed for the area which extends oceanographically from the Tijuana beaches in the north to Bahia de Todos (Ensenada) in Mexico. This work will be performed in direct support of the United Nations-sponsored Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities GPA. The study area of the binational inventory project is the entire drainage of the Bight of the Californias. The Mexican study area will include the entire drainage area of the Mexican portion of the Bight of the Californias. Existing information on point and non-point sources of pollution for this entire study area will be compiled and entered into a GIS ArcView format. The principal focus of this contract will be on detailed point source data for the Tijuana-Ensenada coastal corridor located between the coordinates of 32 degrees 32' y 31 degrees 40' latitude north and 116 degrees 40' and 117 degrees 03' longitude west. Non-point source data will be included if it is available. The limits are: on the North, the border with USA, on the South, the internal portion of Punta Banda, Ensenada, B.C., on the East 200 meter contour elevation which marks the sharp change in the slope ofthe coastal surface or a distance of 10 km inland: and on the West, the isobath of 200 meters depth marking ;the edge of the continental shelf. Tasks 1. Develop detailed time line for project in coordination with U. S. Technical team to coordinate activities related to database structure and GIS development. 2. Participate in approximately 7 meetings with the Mexico technical team, the U. S. Technical Advisory committee, and the Bight of the Californias Ad Hoc Committee, to establish principal pollutants of concern for which to make loading estimates in the pilot project area, and get consensus from Bight of Californias Ad Hoc Committee. Establish standard spatial units, industrial classifications, classifications of point sources into major and minor discharge indicators, and metadata with U. S. Team to insure cross- border database compatibility, 3. Identify and list sources of existing information on point and non-point sources of pollution in the Mexican study area and do a gap analysis. 4. Compile general existing GIS data layers to produce a base map needed to display point sources and obtain detailed support layers for the pilot study area. 5. Obtain a "facility" file. This file, contact name, telephone, locational information, type of industrial of municipal activity, and other. 6. Assign latitude/longitude coordinates to all major and minor facilities. 7. Assign all facilities to spatial units such as the coastal corridor, watersheds, receiving water, county, etc. 8. Obtain a "permit" data file for permitted pollutants in the study area. 9. Obtain a "pollutant loading estimates" file for most permitted pollutants of concern in the study area. 10 Work with Federal, State, and Local personnel to verify and quality control the data. 11. Provide to the U. S. host institution of the binational inventory (TBD) copies of all digital data files, supporting documentation, metadata, hard copy maps, etc. The contractor must be bilingual (English-Spanish) and have qualified expertise in GIS coastal research and applications. In additional, the contractor must be well versed in the political, environmental and scientific issues of the unique border region, particularly the Bight of the Californias GPA pilot project. The contractor must also have excellent knowledge of the contacts with a range of appropriate Mexican agencies and organizations in Baja California from which to obtain the information. Interested Parties who believe they can provide this service are invited to request a Solicitation Package by FAX at 301-713-0806 or mail a request to the above address, to be received no later than 15 days after the date of this notice. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Reference 0A1212 Posted 04/20/00 (W-SN446916). (0111)

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