CPO UMRB Plains Snow & Soil Moisture Monitoring Network Tender, USA - 120837608

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : CPO UMRB Plains Snow & Soil Moisture Monitoring Network

Deadline : 27 Jun 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 120837608

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Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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***The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-s (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder (WAD), Climate Program Office (CPO), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Research Triangle Institute (RTI) located in Durham, NC for UMRB Plains snow and soil moisture monitoring network services to be performed in the Upper Missouri River Basin.

***The sole source determination is based on NOAA-s requirement that RTI is the only vendor that manufactures and distributes these research services. The team of RTI International is additionally a Subject Matter Expert on the content that will be discussed in the report, including the measurement of environmental, health, and natural resource values and the application of these measures to evaluate environmental and risk management policies. Further, this team is uniquely positioned to generate the report because of their direct knowledge about the UMRB Data Value Study. RTI team members are already engaged in a Viability Assessment for the UMRB Data Value Study. Consequently, they have developed a detailed knowledge-base on the Upper Missouri River Basin and the Soil Moisture and Snowpack and Soil Moisture Monitoring Project not held by any other agency. They have already established contact with PIs of other projects that will be included in the report, which will greatly facilitate acquiring and summarizing findings from these projects, as required for the report. NOAA technically does not know of any other source with both the expertise with the subject matter (application of observational data to drought and other natural resource applications), familiarity with the projects at hand, and access to project PIS and stakeholders in the region. Working with another provider on the project would require an extension of timeline to gain adequate familiarity with report content, particularly when considering the need ...
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General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
Original Published Date: Jun 12, 2025 12:24 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Jun 27, 2025 12:00 am EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Jul 12, 2025
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside: No Set aside used
Product Service Code: F999 - OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
NAICS Code: 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

Place of Performance: MO USA

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