Wave Information Study

Added: Oct 03, 2016 6:26 pm The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Develop Center (ERDC) intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to Oceanweather, Inc., 5 River Road, Suite 1, Cos Cob, CT 06807-2717, to develop best wind/pressure inputs for 13 historical tropical cyclones; develop TROP file input for the 13 historical storms with single exponential fit; support the development of Joint Probability method (JPM); analyze 60 extra-tropical storms for South Atlantic Comprehensive Coast Study (SACCS) domain; develop TROP file input for the 13 historical storms with single exponential fit along idealized track(s); and analyze additional 40 extra-tropical storms for SACCS domain. All wind/pressure specifications used in the Wave Information Study (WIS) have all been developed by Oceanweather, Inc. Therefore, Oceanweather, Inc. is the only responsible source capable of providing the wind/pressure inputs. Oceanweather, Inc. has over the past three decades supplied all wind/pressure inputs for the WIS effort and changing contractors would present a significant risk to the Government as the entire wind/pressure archives would have to be regenerated, and the entire WIS re-run. Long-term wave climatology needs to remain consistent and results from another contractor would therefore be of little to no use. The intent of this procurement is to award on a sole source basis under simplified acquisition procedures as authorized by FAR 13.5 - Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12 subject to the order of precedence provided at 12.102 (c). Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to Robyn.D.Wells@usace.army.mil no later than 12:00 pm CST on 07 October 2016. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No RFP will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent. The NAICS code is 541690 and the business size standard is $15 million.