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EA-133W-17-RQ-0073 Amendment 0002

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. Contract ID Code Page of Pages 1 4

2. Amendment/Modification No. 3. Effective Date 4. Requisition/Purchase Req. No. 5. Project No. (if applicable)

0002 June 22, 2017 EA-133W-17-RQ-0073

6. Issued By Code AJ930073 7. Administered By (If other than Item 6) Code SEE BLOCK 6

NOAA/EASTERN REGION ACQUISITION

200 GRANBY STREET

SUITE 815

NORFOLK, VA 23510

Jonathan Sayoc 757-441-3824 - Jonathan. Sayoc@noaa.gov

8. Name and Address of Contractor (No., Street, County, and Zip Code) (X) 9A. Amendment of Solicitation No.

X

EA-133W-17-RQ-0073

9B. Date (See Item 11) June 01, 2017 10A. Modification of Contract/Order No.

10B. Date (See Item 13)

Code Facility Code

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended x is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDG- MENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. Accounting and Appropriation Data (if required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACT/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. This change order is issued pursuant to: (Specify authority) The changes set forth in item 14 are made in the Contract Order No. in item 10A.

B. The above numbered Contract/Order is modified to reflect the administrative changes (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.)

Set fourth item 14, pursuant to the authority of FAR 43.103 (b)

C. This supplemental agreement is entered into pursuant to authority of:

D. Other (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, x is required to sign this document and return 1 copy to the issuing office.

14. Description of Amendment/Modification (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

A. The following questions and answers are provided

1. Question: Where would NOAA like the offerors to provide the SF 1449 and any acknowledgements of amendments (if applicable), the Representations and Certifications and the Small Business Plan? We assume these should be provided in the Price volume. If that is correct, can you please change the page count of the Price volume to unlimited to accommodate those submissions?

Answer: Signed and returned SF 1449 pages and applicable ammendments, Small business plan, and Reps and Certs shall be submitted independently and will not be counted against the total page count.

Title Page

2. Question: The title of the Request for Quote states, “Aircraft Observations – WVSS”. Is WVSS a typo or is it part of the requirements in this contract?

Answer: This is a typo. WVSS will be removed.

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RFQ SF-1449

3. Question: On the SF 1449, Box 5, Solicitation Number, states, EA133W-16-RQ-0168”. The title page of the RFQ says it is

“EA-133W-17-RQ-0073.” What is the correct number?

Answer: The correct solicitation number is EA-133W-17-RQ-0073.

RFQ Section B

4. Question: The Government has checked box (6), FAR 52.204-14, “Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) as being applicable. Based on the requirements in the Statement of Work and the CLIN descriptions, the Government seems to be buying data and not services. Therefore, is it appropriate to include this clause in the RFQ?

Answer: Yes. There is a service attached to the delivery of the data required from this solicitation. The data cannot be classified as a product or supply.

RFQ Section C

5. Question: Should the Government include the current version of the clause, FAR 52.204-13 “Unique Entity Identifier

Maintenance (10/2016)” in the RFQ rather than the 2013 version?

Answer: Yes, this clause is updated.

6. Question: Should the Government include the current version of the clause, FAR 52.212-4 “Contract Terms and Conditions

– Commercial Items (1/2017)” in the RFQ rather than the 2015 version?

Answer: Yes, this clause is updated.

RFQ Section F

7. Question: Section F, Paragraph 3. Shows the required page limits for quotes. The table states, “Volume 2: Price - The Quoter shall submit a Price quote in accordance with the table provided in Section E of the RFQ. Page limit – 1 page”. Section E table is 2 pages long. Can you please revise the instructions to state 2 pages?

Answer: This is updated to 2 pages.

Statement of Work

8. SOW Page 2, Section II Scope and Mission, B. Scope states, “When on transoceanic and intracontinental routes, aircraft also transmit weather observations via a separate communications paradigm and source known as Alternative Domain Surveillance (ADS).” Believe Alternative Domain Surveillance (ADS) is a typo and should be changed to “When on transoceanic and intracontinental routes, aircraft also transmit weather observations via a separate communications paradigm and source known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C)”. Alternative Domain Surveillance is incorrectly referenced throughout the document. Can you please confirm that this should be universally corrected throughout the RFQ and SOW to Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C)?

9. SOW, Page 2, Section III Requirements, A. Key Elements, i., states, “Provide full and open disclosure of sensor characteristics (e.g, metadata) data processing and sampling techniques.”

10. SOW, Page 3: Section III Requirements, D: Project Management and Services: ii: Reporting of the following topics says, “ -Project status -Sensor status, including installation, maintenance and problems

a. Data volumes collected, including number of ascent and descent soundings and en-route data”

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11. SOW, Page 4: Section III Requirements, D: Project Management and Services: ii: Reporting of the following topics says, “Sensor Production Report – If sensors are being produced by the contractor. Status of sensor certification and sensor production, deliveries, and installations, and newly activated sensors on aircract.

12. Metadata Report. The contractor shall provide updates of sensor metadata, if sensors are produced, including sensor serial number, installation date, hardware model, firmware version, and data processing algorithms. Additionally the contractor shall provide NOAA with the aircraft avionics hardware and software type and version, aircraft type and series, and siting/location for each contractor installed sensor relative to the aircraft fuselage.

13. Data Collection Report. The contractor shall provide the number of individual observations provided per day for each sensor for temperature, winds, water vapor, pressure, icing, and turbulence shall also be reported if available. The data collection report shall include the number of ascents and descents per day per applicable aircraft and the total number of soundings with water vapor, without water vapor and total for both.

14. Maintenance Issues Report. A data availability report shall be reported monthly indicating each aircraft equipped with contractor provided sensors daily reporting availability.”

15. SOW – Page 6, Section III Requirements, Data Requirements, v. Data Technical Specifications, a. Observation Accuracy

iii. Lists, “-Moisture – 5% (relative humidity)”

16. SOW – Page 8, Section III Requirements, Data Requirements, v. Data Technical Specifications, j. Maintenance of sensors installed on aircraft through this contract, states, “The contractor shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of any sensors installed on aircraft through this contract. In the event of a sensor malfunction, the contractor shall coordinate with the airline or other appropriate party to resolve the malfunction or ensure the sensor is replaced or repaired.”

17. SOW – Page 10, Section IV Deliverables states, “ f. The government will be provided information as described in Section III on aircraft sensor quality assurance in coordination with air carriers and the government monitoring activities.

18. g. The Contractor shall deliver written reports on: any sensor production; instrument metadata; data collection; maintenance issues; ground processing; and overall system performance…

i. The contractor shall provide to NWS four times daily (00, 06, 12, 18 UTC) real time schedules of where future data can be expected over 1-12 hour time frames. This schedule shall include the airport where the soundings will be collected, the aircraft phase (ascent or descent), the aircraft tail number and the date and time of expected sounding.”

19. Please confirm that these are related to water vapor and should not be included in this RFQ and any references or requirements contained in the RFQ and the SOW should not include WVSS, water vapor, sensor, sensor data or reporting.

Answer: Correct. All mentions of WVSS and related matters in the RFQ are erroneous. This RFQ pertains only to

MDCRS/AMDAR and ADS-C wind and temperature observations. An updated SOW will replace SOW dated June 1, 2017.

20. Question: Section III(E)(v)(i) - Data Restrictions. For clarification, does the Government mean that the data will be made available in accordance with WMO Resolution 40?

Answer: Yes. Data availability will be restricted to other National Meteorological Services (WMO Members) via the GTS and ABO Global Data Centre in real time. It will be made available to others only after 48 hours latency.

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B. The following changes are hereby made to the solicitation

1. The title page of Request for Quote - EA-133W-17-RQ-0073

From: Aircraft Observations – WVSS

To: Aircraft Observations

2. Section A of the SF-1449 – EA-133W-17-RQ-0073 Box 5 is changed as follows

From: EA-133W-16-RQ-0168

To: EA-133W-17-RQ-0073

3. Box 20 is changed as follows

From: Referemce Attachment 2, Pricing Schedule

To: Reference Section E, Schedule

4. Clauses Incorporated by Reference on Page 19 are changed as follows

From: 3. FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (JUL 2013)

To: 3. FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2016)

From: 4. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (May 2015)

To: 4. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (JAN 2017)

5. Statement of Work

Solicitation EA-133W-17-RQ-0073 – Attachment A - Statement of Work Dated June 1, 2017 will be replaced by Solicitation EA-133W-17-RQ-0073 – Attachment A – Statement of Work Dated June 22, 2017