[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39428-39429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17054]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG376
Notice of Availability of a Request for Information: Expressions
of Interest in Conducting Collaborative Research and Development on
Innovative Approaches for Exploiting Environmental Data
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for information.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
seeking expression of interest from private firms interested in
entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
with NOAA to conduct collaborative research and development (R&D) on
new and innovative approaches that could lead to new and better ways of
processing, exploiting and disseminating space-based Earth and space
weather observations from NOAA developed and deployed satellites, with
a wide range of applications, societal and economic benefits.
DATES: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. on September 24, 2018. Any
questions pertaining to this Request for Information must be submitted
no later than August 24, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document by the following
method:
Email: [email protected]. Please include the subject heading of
``Response to Collaborative R&D RFI''. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word or Excel, or Adobe PDF
formats only.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NOAA. Comments containing references, studies,
research, and other empirical data that are not widely published should
include copies or electronic links of the referenced materials.
Comments that contain profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other
inappropriate language will not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Derek Parks, Technology Transfer
Program Manager, Technology Partnerships Office, U.S. Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of
[[Page 39429]]
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Room 2617, 1305 East West Hwy, Bldg.
SSMC4, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3278. (Phone: 301-628-1010, email:
[email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) is seeking expression of interest from private
firms interested in entering into a Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement (CRADA) with NOAA to conduct collaborative
research and development (R&D) on new and innovative approaches that
could lead to new and better ways of processing, exploiting and
disseminating space-based Earth and space weather observations from
NOAA developed and deployed satellites, with a wide range of
applications, societal and economic benefits.
The initial period of performance for this CRADA is expected to be
from fiscal year 2019 through fiscal year 2021 (three years), with
extensions possible if all parties agree.
This notice does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request
for Proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the
Government. No contracts will be awarded as a result of this notice. No
reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing
information in response to this notice or for any follow-up requests
for information. NOAA may contact respondents for clarification and
discussion of the submitted responses.
Synopsis
NOAA wishes to conduct collaborative R&D with one or more private
firms or non-government groups on new techniques to be used, new
products to be generated, enhancement of the use of satellite data in
existing or new applications, and exploring potential new services that
will enhance the value and enable wider use of data obtained from
NOAA's space-based assets. General areas of R&D interest include, but
are not limited to, exploring creating new products and eliciting new
information for geophysical applications benefiting citizens,
communities, local, state and federal governments and the private
sector, and the use of new numerical approaches such as machine
learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to maximize the information
gathered from satellite observations. Some potential R&D topics on
specific uses of data could include: (1) Atmospheric composition for
air quality, and visibility applications, (2) atmospheric data for
measuring instability and therefore severe weather and turbulence
applications, (3) ocean and coastal data for ecosystems, severe
weather, inundation, and water quality management, (4) land data for
multiple applications such as wildfires, agriculture, droughts,
flooding, urban planning, etc., (5) information delivery systems for
extreme environmental conditions, (6) satellite-based data of volcanic
ash for aviation safety and societal applications, (7) day-night band
for new applications such as detection of fires, population migration,
etc., (8) satellite data for renewable energy availability, (9) space-
based data for measuring economic vulnerability (to space weather, to
drought, etc.), (10) compositing multiple geophysical data sets to
generate user-ready decision-making products for different economic
sectors (insurance, health, transportation, tourism, education, energy,
agriculture, etc.), and (11) cloud information for better
characterizing the state of the atmosphere in all sky situations for
use as initial conditions in numerical model forecasts.
Documentation of Interest
Responders may document their interest in entering into a CRADA
with a comment to Derek Parks, Technology Transfer Program Manager. See
contact information above in ADDRESSES. Responders must include, in
writing, detailed information regarding their technical qualifications,
the company name, address, point of contact, telephone number, and
business size. Information submitted should be pertinent and specific
in the technical areas described above under consideration. Any other
specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular
undertaking that would enhance the information submitted will be
considered by the agency.
Additional information requested:
(A) Institution's name, address, point of contact, phone number
and email address.
(B) If a business, include the firm's DUNS number and Cage Code as
provided under the SAM system.
(C) If a business, then state the firm's SBA certified small
business concern status or other socioeconomic status. Specifically
identify if your firm is HUBZone-certified, Service Disabled Veteran
Owned, Women Owned, or in the SBA's 8(a) program. If your institution
is not a small business, please state that it is a large business,
FFRDC, university, UARC, or other.
(D) Institution's previous work experience that is similar to that
described above.
(E) Any other pertinent documentation or information.
(F) Responses should be no more than 10 pages.
All information submitted in response to this notice is voluntary;
the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor
will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing
information provided to the United States Government. No hard copy
submittals will be accepted or considered. All responses to this
Request for Information shall be submitted only via email to
[email protected] (see ADDRESSES).
Dated: August 2, 2018.
Sid Boukabara,
Senior Scientist for Strategic Initiatives, Center for Satellite
Applications and Research, NOAA Satellite and Information Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-17054 Filed 8-8-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-HR-P