SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Pecos River RiverWare model
- Notice Date
- 4/7/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation - UC - Albuquerque Area Office 555 Broadway NE Suite 100 Albuquerque NM 87102
- ZIP Code
- 87102
- Solicitation Number
- R10PS43014
- Archive Date
- 4/7/2011
- Point of Contact
- Albert J Richard Purchasing Agent 5054623568 arichard@usbr.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number R10PS43014 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-40. This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 541330 with an associated small business size standard of $4.5M. SCOPE OF WORK FOR REQUISITION :Reclamation requires accounting capability be added to a Pecos River RiverWare? model to meet the needs of future water accounting for operations for water delivery and ESA water releases and depletions. Accounting is a specific function available for development in RiverWare? models. Contractor will provide technical assistance and tech transfer to Reclamation during the term of the contract. All work shall be coordinated with the interagency Pecos River Hydrology Work Group. Pecos Hydrology Work Group Meetings shall be attended to provide updates on completed work and to coordinate tasks with the Work Group. A Pecos River RiverWare? Model will be developed under separate contract. QUALIFICATIONS The contractor must possess skills with problem solving, conceptual and analytical thinking and mathematical and computer programming. The contractor must have past experience modeling large, surface water river systems and complex operational policies that requires the use of water accounting and have experience with systems that have high potential for intermittent flow conditions. Knowledge and experience working with the Rio Grande and Pecos River in New Mexico is required and must include experience working with the interstate Compacts, Endangered Species Act (ESA) issues in New Mexico, and all aspects of the physical systems on the Rio Grande and Pecos River including all water users and all key physical processes. The contractor must have past experience working with all aspects of the RiverWare software application including rule policy language (RPL), accounting, and the data management interface (DMI). The contractor must also have experience working with the Corps DSS database files, and be knowledgeable regarding HDB data connections and storage. OTHER REQUIREMENTS Communication will be maintained with the COTR verbally and by e-mail, memos, and monthly invoices regarding completed tasks and the budget balance as tasks are completed. Interested parties should provide Qualifications and a Budget for the Statement of Work. The completion date for this contract is 12 months following award of the contract, with the possibility of a 12 month extension, depending on Reclamation's availability to participate substantially in the contract activities and /or the availability of additional funds which may be determined to be required to provide the deliverables. DELIVERABLES A working Pecos RiverWare? model, internally documented using RiverWare? external document linking functionality, and a user manual. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial applies to this acquisition. By the provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, technical capability of equipment and labor to meet the described government need, and price will be evaluated equally. It is advised that a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items be submitted along with the offer; the provision may also be completed online by accessing http://orca.bpn.gov. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies. No addenda are enclosed. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses also apply: 52.204-06, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number; 52.204-07, Central Contractor Registration; 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 2.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended (WD 05-2362 (Rev.-9) applies); 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act-Price Adjustmen. Written offers on a company letterhead with contact information are due no later than April, 23 2010 4PM local time here by mail to or in person at Bureau of Reclamation, 555 Broadway Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, by facsimile at 505-462-3681, or by electronic mail to arichard@usbr.gov. For information regarding this Request for Quotation, please contact Albert J Richard phone number 505-462-3568.
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