Viirs data ACQ for AK wildland fire, YR 1-5
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 140L0222Q0014
- Agency
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Alaska Region
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region published a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source contract. The Special Notice provides details on a planned contract award to the University of Alaska Fairbanks to acquire near real-time satellite-derived wildland fire monitoring data and products for Alaska.
The contract is for a firm-fixed price of $1,121,107 annually for five years to the University of Alaska Fairbanks as the sole provider of these critical services since 2003. The Special Notice includes requirements for the University of Alaska Fairbanks to provide near real-time VIIRS Fire Heat Detection Points and VIIRS Fire Image Collection data derived from satellite instruments, which fire managers rely on to monitor wildfires in Alaska within 15 to 35 minutes of satellite overpass. Interested parties must respond by August 13, 2022 if they wish to contest this sole source award, though the agency retains sole discretion to compete the requirement. No other party is eligible to participate.
Notice text
NUMBER: PR: 0040567310
POSTED DATE: 7/13/2022
SUBJECT: Near Real-Time VIIRS Fire Heat Data and Images
This announcement constitutes the only notice.
This is not a request for quotes.
A determination not to compete is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Responses must be received no later than August 13, 2022, by sending an e-mail to soaks@blm.gov; however, any technical data received will be for the sole purpose of market research for future requirements.
Under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), BLM-AK/Alaska Fire Service intends to issue a sole source, firm-fixed price order to:
COMPANY: University of Alaska, UEID FDLEQSJ8FF63
FOR : $1,121,107
ON: 9/1/2022
NAICS: 541370 Geographic information system (GIS) base mapping services
AUTHORITY: 8.405-6(a)(2) Limited Sources Justification and Approval
13.106(b) Soliciting from a single source
6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement
Determinations not to compete this proposed procurement were made because:
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF-GINA has been the only Alaska provider of near real-time (NRT), satellite-derived wildland fire monitoring data products and has been providing them AFS since 2003. The products are critical for AFS and our interagency partners because they provided NRT information on wildland fire location, spatial extent, behavior, and potential intensity several times per day. Access to this NRT information has changed the way AFS identifies, maps and monitors fires, significantly reducing cost and exposure to agency personnel.
In recent years, UAF-GINA has been producing VIIRS Fire Heat Detection Points and VIIRS Fire Image Collection products and providing these products to AFS and our partners in near real-time. The VIIRS Fire Heat Detection Points and Fire Image Collection are derived from the same instrument. When taken together, the VIIRS Fire Heat Detection Points and Fire Images provide fire managers and fire behavior analysists with a clearer understanding of fire extent and behavior. This is especially true for wildland fires burning far from population centers.
The ability to easily incorporate the VIIRS Fire Heat Detection Points and Fire Image Collection into the existing ArcGIS Online web applications significantly reduces the technological barriers encountered by users needing access to this information. Because AFS has built multiple web mapping application using the Esri ArcGIS Online platform, Esri REST Services the preferred solution.
For more information contact Stacie Oaks at 907-356-5774 or soaks@blm.gov
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| A16_JOFOC_signed_2.pdf | ||
| SOW_UAF_GINA_VIIRS_FireProducts_Sole_Source_2.docx | DOCX document | |
| B10_Notice_of_Intent_to_Sole_Source_1.rtf | RTF text file |
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