1G Sources Sought NR-MN0000-23-00862.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Value of GeoXO Atmospheric Composition Data for Estimating Air Pollution-Related

Health Impacts Study

This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal or Quotation. It is not considered to be a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided;

no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought Notice or Government use of any information provided.

Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to:

1. Determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists.

2. Determine whether the acquisition should utilize any of the small business programs in accordance with FAR Part 19.

Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action.

Requirement: This notice is issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division (WAD) and Climate Program Office (CPO) to identify sources capable of providing the following:

The objective of this project is to evaluate the influence of remote sensing capabilities for assessing air pollution-related health impacts that may be possible with GeoXO. Specifically, we aim to conduct health impact analyses for PM2.5, ozone, and NO2 from a range of synthetic geostationary satellite data and chemical transport model outputs to identify the benefits of GeoXO capabilities compared with datasets lacking GeoXO capabilities. We will also explore the distribution of estimated air pollution-attributable health impacts across population subgroups (e.g. by race, income level, educational attainment level, and/or social vulnerability indices).

A firm-fixed-price type contract is anticipated to be awarded for the subject efforts.

Period of Performance: One-year base period and one-year optional period.

NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, with a small business standard of $19.0 million.

Scope of Work: The scope of this acquisition includes the following:

1. Estimate the health impacts associated with modeled NO2, ozone, and PM2.5 concentrations with and without fires to investigate the impact of having satellite derived fire products (emissions) as input to the model to drive the chemistry and transport.

2. Develop an approach for estimating the scientific, health, and environmental justice benefits of having NO2 columns from a geostationary satellite versus a polar-orbiting satellite. We may be able to use TEMPO data if available within this project period (or in lieu of TEMPO data WRF-Chem model output), and compare it to TROPOMI estimates. We would then estimate NO2-attributable mortality and pediatric asthma impacts, and use valuation techniques to estimate the value of the health impacts.

Submission of Information: Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information.

Companies may respond to this Sources Sought Notice via email to: remo.dela-cruz@noaa.gov no later than 20 July 2023 at 10:00 AM Mountain Time.

Please provide the following information/documentation:

1. Name of Company, Address and Unique Entity ID.

2. Point of Contact and Phone Number.

3. Business Size applicable to the NAICS Code: 8(a) Small Business Concern, Hub Zone Small

Business Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSB) or a Small Business Concern.

4. Description of Firm’s Ability to Perform Work Required.

• Evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, points of contact and telephone numbers.

• Brief statement on how your company will perform the work.

• Confirmation that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued as a result of this Sources Sought Notice.

• Any other information your believe to be important and relevant to the purpose of this notice.

Interested parties: Need to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Failure to submit sufficient detailed information may result in considering a company as not a viable source and may influence competition and set-aside decisions. Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this requirement.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation.

After a review of the responses received from this notice, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor the GPE for release of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Notice. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.