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Notice ID:140R4020Q0011
Assessing Agricultural Consumptive Use in the Upper Colorado River Basin - Task 1a - Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation Using the METRIC (Mapping Evapotranspiration at High Resolution with Internal ...
Assessing Agricultural Consumptive Use in the Upper Colorado River Basin - Task 1a - Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation Using the METRIC (Mapping Evapotranspiration at High Resolution with Internal Calibration) Model Type: Sources Sought 1. Notice This is not a solicitation but rather a Sources Sought Synopsis to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. 1.1 The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to determine if responsible sources exist, to assist in determining if this effort can be competitive and/or a total Small Business Set-Aside. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, which has a corresponding Size standard of $16.5M. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement. The Government is interested in all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Hubzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements and delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. 2. Description The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking an evaluation of the effectiveness of selected remote sensing and crop coefficient models for estimating both potential and actual evapotranspiration (ET) from irrigated lands across the Upper Colorado River Basin (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) to determine the best long-term approach for collecting agricultural consumptive use data. This effort is seeking a Contractor for a full-scale remote sensing pilot project to be conducted to estimate monthly and seasonal actual ETa for all potentially irrigated agricultural lands in the Upper Colorado River Basin for the 2019 growing season and potentially subsequent years. The Contractor will apply the METRIC remote sensing-based evapotranspiration model developed by Dr. Richard Allen and others at the University of Idaho to Landsat 7 and 8 ETM+, OLI, and TIRS imagery to produce high-resolution (30-meter pixel spacing) maps of ETa. The Contractor will provide a digital geographic database which identifies ETa at the field scale; maps will be in an Albers Conic Equal Area projection. The contractor will draft a report including detailed cost and resource estimates for the annual operation of the METRIC model, summary evaluation of the performance benefits and disadvantages of the METRIC method, and a detailed set of processing protocols for the METRIC method. The Contractor shall also provide technical support regarding the operation of the various ET modeling methods, as well as assisting in evaluating why METRIC results differ from eddy covariance tower data or other remote sensing algorithms (e.g. SSEBop) at the tower sites and across basin-wide irrigated acreages. 3. Requested Responses Provide the following Business Information for your company: -Company Name: -Address: -Point of Contact: -DUNS Number: -Phone Number: -E-mail Address: -Web Page Address (if applicable): -System for Award Management (SAM) Registration (Yes/No): -Recommended North American Industry Classification System (NAICS Code) if other than 541620: Based on above NAICS code, state whether your company is small business and provide additional information regarding the type of small business (women-owned, small disadvantaged business, HUBzone, etc.). For more information refer to: http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards. 4. Potential Offeror Capabilities Please provide responses to the following items: a) What is your company's experience in applying the METRIC remote sensing-based evapotranspiration model to imagery to produce high-resolution maps of ETa on a large scale? Include contract numbers (if applicable), a brief description of the work performed, period of performance, agency/organization supported, and individual points of contact (Contracting Officers or Program Managers). b) Does your company currently have any teaming agreements in place that will allow for successfully meeting the Government's requirements? In addition, please identify the roles associated with the teaming arrangement. c) Provide other relevant topics, concerns, or information not addressed in this posting. Please provide the responses to the questions above to Brandi Clark, Contract Specialist, at brandiclark@usbr.gov no later than 3PM MST on 20 November 2019. 5. Potential Offeror Capability Briefings A focused capabilities briefing may be required at the Government's discretion. The Government will contact interested vendors directly should it be determined that a capabilities briefing is needed. 6. Response Procedures Contractors responding to this posting are advised their response does not guarantee awards in future solicitations or contracts. This is not a Request for Quote or an Invitation for Bid, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Bureau of Reclamation. Submission of any information in response to this Sources Sought is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred associated with preparation or response to this posting.
