StatementOfNeed.pdf

STATEMENT OF NEED – Terrestrial Relative Gravimeter

National Geodetic Survey

1. Introduction/Background: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is congressionally mandated to define, maintain, and provide access to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). Gravity data is a key component of the NSRS and terrestrial gravity data is an important component. NGS requires the capability to measure terrestrial gravity continuously and accurately to support the NSRS. The need is demonstrated through a couple of current projects, including Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) and the Geoid Monitoring Service (GeMS) projects.

First, it is important for the GRAV-D project that was officially started in 2010 to provide a high quality picture of the gravity field to support the modernization of the United States (U.S.) vertical datum. The goal of the GRAV-D project is to collect airborne gravity data to support a 1 centimeter geoid where possible. For each airborne gravity survey, an absolute gravity tie at the airport must be established.

This involves measuring with an absolute gravimeter, which is, in turn, tied back to a known value of gravity at the Table Mountain Geophysical Observatory near Boulder, Colorado. Gravity at this site must be continually monitored to account for signals including barometric pressure, luni-solar tidal effects, and local hydrology.

Second, terrestrial gravity measurement support various other projects and surveys. An example is the GeMS project which started in 2020 and is looking to expand in 2022 and outlying years. The ability to temporarily deploy a continuous relative gravity meter in remote locations (e.g. a glacial valley in Alaska, an uplift zone along the Great Lakes, or a subsidence zone in southern Louisiana) allows us to monitor signals that are highly localized.

In order to provide NGS the ability to efficiently collect high quality terrestrial gravity data, NOAA has a need for purchasing instruments from the next generation of spring-based gravimeters. These allow for both high accuracy observations, as well as having low power consumption, low operating costs, and high portability (for remote deployment). NGS requires relative gravity meters that can be placed in a lab setting and moved to a different lab setting every six (6) to 24 months to monitor long term/seasonal changes to the gravity field over time. To do this, NGS will rely on state, federal, academic, and other partners to provide space in their facilities for the relative gravimeters to be placed. It is critical that the relative gravimeter be easy to pick up and move without a forklift, require minimal power consumption, and not require frequent maintenance or refilling with chemicals such as helium in order to maximize efficiency and incur the least amount of disruption to facilities.

2. Scope of Work

Three (3) Scintrex-MGL Land Gravity Monitoring Systems, each comprised of a gPhoneX Relative Gravity Meter and the Odin Leveling Platform.

3. Product Specifications:

ITEM 1

Part number 862039: gPhoneX Relative Gravity Meter. Must include the following items/features:

- LaCoste and Romberg (L&R) Patented Zero-length Spring Sensor with electronic feedback, ceramic level sensors, and ambient and internal pressure and temperature sensors

- Timing Box, including:

* Rubidium Clock

* Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver (antenna not included)

- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) (American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) or equivalent) with 120V input.

- Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC) Power Converter

- Operation and Maintenance Manual

- gMonitor Software - latest version

- RS-232/Universal Serial Bus (USB) Seral Interface Cable, 4.6m (15 ft) length

- Carrying Cases for Sensor and Timing Box/UPS

- Heat-treated Wooden Shipping Crate

ITEM 2

Part number 101550002, Odin Leveling Platform. Must include the following items/features:

- Tilt stability of 0.2 arcseconds, Root Mean Square (RMS)

- Dynamic range of ±1000 arcseconds

- Response time: ≤5 minutes

- Operating temperature between 0 and 40 °C

WARRANTY

One (1) year warranty is included on all items.

4. Requested Delivery/Period of Performance: 30 September 2023

5. Information Technology Security Requirements:

The Assessment and Authorization (A&A) requirements of Clause 48 CFR 1352.239-72 do not apply, and a Security Accreditation Package is not required.

The Contractor shall only supply Information Technology (e.g., hardware, software, firmware, etc.)

and/or product license and shall not require the use of any contractor owned equipment. The contractor will not have remote access to any government owned equipment. The Contractor shall ensure the acquiring Information Technology provided disables “phone home” or similar capabilities.

The Contractor shall include the necessary product support and supporting documentation that allows the sanitization for the acquiring Information Technology and/or service(s) upon the disposal of the product. The Contractor shall use one of the methods for secure destruction of unclassified but sensitive information recommended by either NIST Special Publications 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization (https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-88r1.pdf) or the National Security Agency in the Media Destruction Guidance (https://www.nsa.gov/resources/everyone/media-destruction/).

The Contractor shall ensure the acquiring information technology or service(s) are engineered for trustworthy and security and shall be maintain throughout the lifecycle of this contract following the engineering-based trustworthy secure solutions as outlined in NIST Special Publication 800-160 Systems Security Engineering: Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems (https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-160v1.pdf).

The Contractor shall provide sufficient document demonstrating the acquiring information technology or service(s) complies with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-07-18 entitled Ensuring New Acquisitions Include Common Security Configurations and the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) 39.101(d) regulations require NIST common security configuration checklists including United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) initiative. The Contractor shall provide sufficient documentation, which demonstrates the acquiring information technology or service(s) has implemented common security configuration checklists. Common security configuration checklists are available at National Checklist Program (NCP), (https://nvd.nist.gov/ncp/repository), the U.S.

government repository of publicly available security checklists (or benchmarks) that provide detailed low-level guidance on setting the security configuration of operating systems and applications. If the Contractor does not have common security configuration checklist for the acquiring information technology or service(s), then the Contractor shall provide a rationale for not meeting the OMB M-07-18 requirement.

The Contractor shall ensure that the acquiring information technology or service(s) complies with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) requirements from FAR 4.1302 stating: (a) In order to comply with FIPS PUB 201, agencies must purchase only approved personal identity verification products and services, (b) Agencies may acquire the approved products and services from the GSA, Federal Supply Schedule 70, Special Item Number (SIN) 132-62, HSPD-12 Product and Service Components, in accordance with ordering procedures outlined in FAR Subpart 8.4. If the Contractor does not comply with HSPD-12 requirement for the acquiring information technology or service(s), then the Contractor shall provide a rationale for not meeting the HSPD-12 requirement.

The Contractor shall ensure that the acquiring information technology or service(s) complies with Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) requirements from FAR part 11.002 requirements. FAR part 11.002 requirements state that unless the agency Chief Information Officer waives the requirement, when acquiring information technology using Internet Protocol, the requirements documents shall include reference to the appropriate technical capabilities defined in the USGv6 Profile (https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/usgv6-program) and the corresponding declarations of conformance defined in the USGv6 Test Program. DOC acquisition of IP protocol technology shall express requirements for IPv6 capabilities in terms of the USGv6 Profile (e.g., using the USGV6 Capabilities Check List) and vendors shall be required to document their product’s support of the requested capabilities through the USGv6 test program (reference https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/usgv6-program) using the USGv6 Suppliers Declaration of Conformity. If the Contractor does not meet the IPv6 / FAR part 11.002 requirements for the acquiring information technology or service(s), than the Contractor shall provide a rationale for not meeting the FAR part 11.002 requirement.

The Contractor shall provide all supporting documentation or a reference to obtain the necessary material, which describes the security capabilities, the design and development processes and the testing and evaluation procedures used by the acquiring information technology or service(s). The Contractor shall provide all supporting documentation or a reference to obtain the necessary material, which describes all information technology or service(s) updates and enhancements when implemented.

A few examples of the information technology or service(s) supporting documentation includes the user guide, system administrator guides or hardening guide. The Contractor shall provide document(s) or a reference to obtain the information that describes the functional properties of the security controls employed to permit the analysis and testing of the security controls for the acquiring information technology or service(s).

The Contractor shall provide sufficient document demonstrating the acquiring information technology or service(s) provided complies with the following:

a) The standard installation, operation, maintenance, updates and/or patching of software shall not alter the common secure configuration settings (e.g., USGCB and/or other secure baseline),

b) Applications designed for normal end users shall run in the standard user context without requiring elevated system administration privileges.

6. Point of Contact for this Action:

To Be Determined at Award

7. Ship to Address (FOB Destination)

Point of Contact To Be Determined at Award NOAA-National Geodetic Survey David Skaggs Research Center, GB127 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305