SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-7-905
- Response Due
- 8/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH ARCTURUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION TO PROVIDE COORDINATION SERVICES FOR THE NW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). UNDER PROPOSED CONTRACT, ARCTURUS WILL DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (IOOS)-RELATED MODEL FOR DATA INTEGRATION, DISTRIBUTION, INTERACTION AND DEVELOPMENT. ARCTURUS WILL ALSO EXPAND AND UPDATE THE EXISTING NWFSC WEBSITE AND IN PARTICULAR, PROVIDE COORDINATION BETWEEN DATA PROVIDERS AND SETTING UP AND DEPLOYING NEW ORACLE DATA STRUCTURES. ARCTURUS IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT POSSESSES THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE REQUIRED ORACLE DATABASE AND JAVA PROGRAMMING SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS CONTRACT. ARCTURUS POSSESSES FAMILIARITY WITH THE DATA STRUCTURE FOR GROUNDFISH TRAWL SURVEYS AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN SETTING UP THE DATA ACQUISITION COMPUTERS FOR THE WEST COAST BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY. ARCTURUS IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE WITH EXPERIENCE IN COORDINATING PROJECTS USING ESRI GIS TOOLS AND ORACLE DATABASES. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION, REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRY (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505. ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AT HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV.
- Record
- SN01361393-W 20070805/070803220530 (fbodaily.com)
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