SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- HURRicane EVACuation Operation and Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 11/24/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21203
- ZIP Code
- 21203
- Solicitation Number
- W912DR-10-S-0003
- Response Due
- 12/15/2009
- Archive Date
- 2/13/2010
- Point of Contact
- Melissa Svetich, 410-962-2290
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore
(melissa.a.svetich2@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- General Notice: The purpose of this notice is to announce that the Government intends to enter into a contractual agreement with Sea Island Software, Inc. to provide hurricane planning services through the operation and maintenance of HURREVAC. The Government is interested in determining if any other businesses can provide for the operation and maintenance of HURREVAC as described in this solicitation. General Information: The multi-agency National Hurricane Program (NHP) helps protect communities and residents from hurricane hazards through various projects and activities. Established in 1985, the NHP has also prepared numerous Hurricane Evacuation Studies (HESs) and provided tools and technical assistance to State and local agencies in developing hurricane evacuation plans. To support the management of HES data, the NHP commissioned the development of HURREVAC (HURRicane EVACuation) in 1988. For the past 20 years, HURREVAC has been used by emergency managers to assist their evacuation decision making. HURREVAC is a restricted-use, real time computer program funded by FEMA and USACE. Its intent is for government emergency managers to track hurricanes and assist in evacuation decision-making for their communities based on information developed during the HES process, and real-time forecast data distributed by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center (NHC). The NHP decided to reprogram HURREVAC 2000 to take advantage of the latest Geographic Information System (GIS), programming, and Internet technologies. As a result, HURREVAC 2000 was converted to the VB.NET program language in 2008 and 2009. The new generation of HURREVAC is coined HURREVAC 2010. Based on the HURREVAC User Survey recommendations that were completed prior to beginning the development of HURREVAC 2010, several enhancements were made to improve the intuitiveness, functionality and ease of use of HURREVAC. The NHP is excited to release HURREVAC 2010 for the 2010 hurricane season and hopes that it meets the expectations and requirements of the HURREVAC user community. HURREVAC has over 18,000 registered government users at all levels. Therefore, in order to support the transition from HURREVAC 2000 and HURREVAC 2010, the NHP will operate and maintain both versions of HURREVAC throughout the 2010 and 2011 hurricane seasons. Requirements: The objective of this Sources Sought is to determine if any other vendor has the experience to operate and maintain both programs, HURREVAC 2000 and HURREVAC 2010, year-round, provide real-time technical support for HURREVAC users, and prepare and conduct HURREVAC training consistent with the goals and objectives of the NHP. Responses: Responses should include their current business structures: (a) name of Company include contact persons name, company address, telephone numbers (voice and fax), e-mail address and (b) Company size (i.e. large, foreign, small disadvantaged, veteran owned, woman owned, etc.). Also, the submission should include a description of your companys abilities and experience with the above listed requirements. Responses to this announcement will not be returned. All submissions will be reviewed based on recent and past performance regarding HURREVAC expertise and experience. Based on the Governments review, the Government may contact respondents for additional information or ask the respondent to present or demonstrate their proposed methodologies or capabilities to the NHP. Forward plans of operations and maintenance of HURREVAC services in writing, via e mail to: Lawrence.D.Eastman@usace.army.mil and Michael.J.Schuster@usace.army.mil by 2pm on 15 December 2009. Contracting Office Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Place of Performance: US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Point of Contact(s): Contracting POC: Melissa Svetich, 410-962-2290 or Meliss.A.Svetich2@usace.army.mil
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA31/W912DR-10-S-0003/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore 10 South Howard Street, Rm 7000 Baltimore MD
- Zip Code: 21201
- Zip Code: 21201
- Record
- SN02010722-W 20091126/091124235431-b89f7658c0f7214cbf8814186f1eba53 (fbodaily.com)
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