National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Research

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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS,

QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS. This Sources Sought notice is to survey the market of potential sources pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, Market Research. Information obtained by the Government is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred for their participation in this Sources Sought. Large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this request for capabilities. The Government may base decisions about a future procurement on the responses to this request for capabilities.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) is contemplating for procurement a General Services Administration (GSA) Task Order. The ordering period for this contract will be two years.

The anticipated scope for this future procurement can be found in the attachment section below.

Interested sources should submit a Statement of Capability (SOC) demonstrating their ability to provide to Contract Specialist Angela Smith at angela.n.smith@noaa.gov, no later than July 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). The SOC shall conform to the following:

1. On the first page of the SOC, Company name, address, point of contact, phone number, email address of the point of contact, CAGE code, and UEI number. If submission is from a small business, in consideration of NAICS code 541611, administrative management and general management consulting services, with a small business size standard of $24.5 million indicate which of the following small business categories your business is classified under for this NAICS code: Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Small-Disadvantaged Business, Woman- Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, or 8(a) Business.
2. Indicate if your firm believes a better NAICS code is suited for this requirement and the justification for selecting a different NAICS code.
3. Indicate if your company is currently registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM) database. If not, indicate if it has been registered or does it plan to register.
4. Indicate if your company currently has a contract under GSA Professional Services Schedule (PSS) (00CORP). Yes/No.
5. Indicate if your company is currently prohibited from doing business with the Federal Government. Yes/No. (If yes, please explain).
6. Indicate if your company has experience working with the retail, insurance/reinsurance, and architecture/engineering industry sections. Yes/No. (If yes, please explain)
7. Indicate if your company has experience teaming up with other developers for agile sprints of case studies that have multiple disciplines. Yes/No. (If yes, please explain)
8. Indicate if your company has experience transforming datasets, products, and services into multiple resolutions (spatial/temporal), file structure/formats, meeting accessibility standards. Yes/No. (If yes, please explain) 
9. Indicate if your company has experience developing GIS and/or web-page visualizations of NOAA data, products, and services. Yes/No. (If yes, please explain)
10. Indicate if your company has experience bringing together interdisciplinary teams of social scientists, data scientists, and developers to conduct case studies as well as primary and secondary data collection and analysis. Yes/No. (If yes, please explain)
     

The SOC shall not exceed 10 pages (11-point font minimum) in one (1) .pdf file. Tables, charts, graphs, covers, etc., will not count toward the 15-page count total (smaller font is allowed for these items, but the text must be legible).

All responses should be emailed to the Point of Contact at the email addresses listed above. No phone inquiries will be accepted, either as a response to this action or for information requests.