Upper Air Observations at 3 National Weather Service Observation Sites

SYNOPSIS PROJECT TITLE: Upper Air Observations at 3 National Weather Service Observation Sites LOCATION OF WORK: San Diego, CA; Oakland, CA; and Salem, OR (Note that the Quillayute, WA site will not be part of this requirement. There will be only 3 sites.) NAICS CODE: 541990, All other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. The small-business size standard is $15M. This acquisition is a total set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. DESCRIPTION: The Contractor shall provide the following types of Upper Air Observations: Type A: The contractor must take "standard upper air observations" twice daily at each site and code them for the operational use of meteorologists and hydrologists, as well as for international dissemination. Type B: The contractor is required to take up to 7 additional "special observations" during the performance period 1 and up to 12 additional "special observations" during any exercised performance period per a request from the NWS. Type C: The contract will also contain an unpriced CLIN at each site for each performance period to allow for the possibility of additional upper air observations. These observations will only be added after a negotiated modification. CLIN STRUCTURE: This solicitation covers 3 National Weather Service Observation Sites. The RFP will require contractors to provide pricing only for the sites they are interested in. Contractors may be awarded 0 sites, 1 site, 2 sites or all 3 sites on one contract. Note that only one contractor can be awarded a specific site with options for all the periods of performance (1-5). CLIN 0001A SAN DIEGO, CA - STANDARD UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0001B SAN DIEGO, CA -SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0001C SAN DIEGO, CA - OPTIONAL ADDITONAL UNPRICED OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0002A OAKLAND, CA - STANDARD UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0002B OAKLAND, CA - SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0002C OAKLAND, CA - OPTIONAL ADDITONAL UNPRICED OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0003A SALEM, OR - STANDARD UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0003B SALEM, OR - SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS CLIN 0003C SALEM, OR - OPTIONAL ADDITONAL UNPRICED OBSERVATIONS EACH CLIN HAS THE FOLLOWING PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE: BASE PERIOD 7/1/2016 - 1/31/2017 (7 MONTHS) OPTION PERIOD 1 2/1/2017 - 1/31/2018 OPTION PERIOD 2 2/1/2018 - 1/31/2019 OPTION PERIOD 3 2/1/2019 - 1/31/2020 OPTION PERIOD 4 2/1/2020 - 1/31/2021 Note that the Oakland and San Diego sites have the following Collective Bargaining Agreements: Oakland: CBA-2011-4592 - Current Vendor: CJ Rogers Aviation San Diego: CBA-2005-2057 - Current Vendor: Meteorological Data Services The Salem, Oregon site is not under a CBA. The Department of Labor Wage Determination 2005-2442 applies to this site. All dates listed below are tentative; official dates will be provided when the solicitation is released. TENTATIVE SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE: May 4, 2016 TENTATIVE PROPOSAL DUE DATE: May 18, 2016 ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: May 30, 2016 CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: To be eligible for award, a contractor must (1) be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. All offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) identifier. A DUNS number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet at (800) 333-0505 or online at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. All responses to this notice may be submitted via e-mail to Susan Labovitz, Contracting Officer, at Susan.Labovitz@noaa.gov. The phone number for this Contracting Officer is (303) 497-7943.