SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- EXPANSION OF THE SERVIR SYSTEM IN EAST AFRICA
- Notice Date
- 2/21/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541370
— Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall SpaceFlight Center, AL 35812
- ZIP Code
- 35812
- Solicitation Number
- NNM12424492R
- Response Due
- 3/7/2012
- Archive Date
- 2/21/2013
- Point of Contact
- Iris Walter, Contracts Administrator, Phone 256-961-7054, Fax 256-961-7148, Email Iris.R.Walter@nasa.gov - Melinda E. Dodson, Contracting Officer, Phone 256-961-7454, Fax 256-961-7524, Email Melinda.E.Dodson@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Iris Walter
(Iris.R.Walter@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/MSFC has a requirement for ongoing work and implementation of the (UnitedStates Agency for International Development) USAID SERVIR FY12-13 Work Plan.Additionally, this procurement is in response to a request from the USAID to perform LandUse Land Use Change Forest (LULUCF) mapping which will be a major input to the greenhousegas (GHG) inventories in six South African Development Community countries.NASA/MSFC intends to purchase the items from the Regional Center for the Mapping ofResources for Development (RCMRD) in Nairobi, Kenya. Competition is impractical for thefollowing reasons:1. RCMRD assumed the role of the host institution of SERVIR-Africa in 2008 and beganestablishing the framework for management and utilization of SERVIR-related environmentalinformation. Since that time, as the implementing arm of SERVIR-Africa, RCMRD has madesignificant progress in strengthening regional and national capacity to better takeadvantage of SERVIR, and in improving the technical infrastructure to manageenvironmental data and information generated through the SERVIR system Funding wasprovided to NASA from USAID under a Participating Agency Program Agreement (PAPA). USAIDapproved RCMRD for hosting and operating the SERVIR-Africa system, and supportscontinuation of RCMRDs engagement.2. This procurement is a follow-on for continuation of activities implemented under theexisting RCMRD contract which has been the implementing arm of SERVIR-Africa.3. USAID has already made a significant investment in the infrastructure at RCMRD withthe installation of USAID funded equipment (hardware and software) to build capacity tosatisfy the technical requirements.4. USAID in concert with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) Secretariat and collaborating partners has specifically requested that RCMRD,under the auspices of SERVIR-Africa, be an implementer in the development of SustainableNational GHG Inventory Management Systems in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)region, a major undertaking to address challenges in development of quality andsustainable national GHG Inventory Management System in the ESA region.5. SERVIR is a high-visibility project at NASA/MSFC, NASA/HQ and USAID. It is also amodel implementation of the Global Earth Observation System of Systemsa multinationaleffort to build an earth observation system. This level of visibility further supportsthe need to continue engaging an institution such as RCMRD that is well recognized in thegeospatial community.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. centraltime on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluatedsolely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on acompetitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed efforton a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solelywithin the discretion of the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The installation Ombudsman is:Robin N. HendersonNASA/MSFCBuilding 4200, Room 918ATelephone: 256-544-1919FAX: 256-544-7920E-Mail: robin.n.henderson@nasa.gov
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