Upper Air Observations - San Diego, California

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Northwest Weather Service (NWS), has a requirement for Upper Air Observations to be performed in San Diego, California.
The National Weather Service (NWS) conducts weather observation programs at the Weather Service Contract Meteorological Observatory (WSCMO) at San Diego, CA, which meet a variety of needs and serve a variety of users. Upper Air observations are taken and coded for the operational use of meteorologists and hydrologists, as well as for international dissemination.

Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, transportation and services necessary to perform the upper air observations, except as noted in the Statement of Work.

The resulting contract will have a base period of performance from approximately January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, with four (4) option periods, consecutively occurring after the base period.
The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541990 and the size standard is $6.5 million dollars. All responsible and fully responsive sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. Any resulting contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed price contract. Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or about September 28, 2010 at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [Add To Watchlist] and [Add Me To Interested Vendors] features which provide a notification when the RFP becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation, thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. The estimated response due date is October 28, 2010; however, the actual date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents. All questions of any nature regarding this procurement are to be sent to Contract Specialist, Kate Steff at Kate.R.Steff@noaa.gov or via fax at 206.527.6940.
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