Limited Sources justification - Criterion Systems, Inc. for Fire Application Support utilizing the authority under GSA Schedule 70

Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted

Solicitation number
12760421C0006
Agency
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Contract number
12760421C0006 Federal contract award

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service published a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice on May 4, 2021 to award a short-term, firm fixed price contract to Criterion Systems Inc. valued at $817,505 utilizing their GSA Schedule 70 contract. This contract provides ongoing operations and maintenance support from May 1, 2021 to July 15, 2021 for critical fire application systems that collect and disseminate wildland fire and weather data to support incident response and resource allocation on a 24/7 basis. The justification cites the significant ramp-up time required for a new contractor given the complexity of the integrated systems currently maintained by the incumbent, Criterion Systems.

Notice text

FAM-IM Fire Application’s data strategically supports and informs mission-critical and life-saving activities. FAM-IM Fire Applications are required to be operational 24x7x365, and require O&M support and O&M-related fixes of tools, decision support systems, and applications that collect, maintain, and disseminate current and historical incident data to the interagency wildland fire and weather communities, including:
• Interagency priorities and standards;
• Fire planning and firefighter safety;
• Fire modeling, content management, and spatial data analysis for decision support;
• Budgetary and resource allocation and investments;
• Integration of data and services across data system boundaries to include possible merger of those systems;
• Incident business management;
• Public affairs information formulation and dissemination;
• Integration of data and services across departmental boundaries to include possible merger of those systems, and;
• Public and private research and development efforts.

Awarded contract 12760421C0006 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2021-04-30.

Files

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Attachment4FAR8.4overSAT_Criterion_Final.pdf PDF

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