Coastal Geospatial Services Contract CGSC NOAA Coastal Services Center

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Coastal Geospatial Services Contract(CGSC)NOAA
Coastal Services Center
Miki Schmidt
National States Geographic Information Council
(NSGIC) Annual Conference Sept 27, 2007 Madison,
Wisconsin
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• Coastal Geospatial Services Contract

Purpose Acquire data and develop tools for
coastal resource management applications to help
build the Digital Coast

• Four prime contractors with over 70 subs
• State access through memorandums of
• understanding (MOU)
• No overhead charges to states

cgsc.csc.noaa.gov
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What is CGSC?

• Coastal Geospatial Services Contract
• Brooks Act AE, FAR Part 36
• Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
• Task Orders
• 5 yrs
• 4 Prime Contractors w/ over 70 subcontractors
• 10M Maximum per contractor for the life of the
  contract
• Seventeen Geospatial Services

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Services Provided

• Thematic mapping
• Aircraft data acquisition
• Commercial and civil satellite imagery
  acquisition
• Spectral image processing, analysis, and
  interpretation
• Aerial photo interpretation
• High-resolution topographic / bathymetric product
  generation
• Photogrammetric mapping, aerotriangulation, and
  orthophotography development
• Geographic information system (GIS) data
  development
• Software applications and decision support tools
  development

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Services (cont)

• Survey and control services
• Data analysis, integration, assimilation, and
  modeling for both land and seabottom
  characterization
• Data conversion and scanning
• Data manipulations
• Generation of Federal Geographic Data Committee
  (FGDC) compliant metadata for all geospatial data
  and derived products, including all forms of
  remotely sensed data
• Acoustic data acquisition
• Sediment profile imaging and analysis
• Geospatial analyses that incorporate social,
  economic, and ecological factors

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Use by Other Agencies

• Primary purpose of CGSC is for the purchase of
  geospatial data and services to support coastal
  resource management issues.
• Available to State, Local, and Federal Agencies
  if criteria is met
• Funds transferred using an MOU

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Use by Other Agencies - Criteria

• Project fits into the scope of the contract
  Geospatial
• Coastal application
• The partner coordinates with the applicable
  Coastal Zone Management Program
• CSC has internal resources to support
• Room under the contract ceiling
• Partner responsible for Quality Assurance

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Coastal Geospatial Services Contract
MOUs in place or under development

• CA Coastal Conservancy
• FL Northwest Florida Water Management District
• FL Nassau County Board of Commissioners
• FL Fish and Wildlife Commission
• MI Dept of Natural Resources
• MD Department of Natural Resources
• NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources
• NY Dept of State
• SC Dept of Natural Resources

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• Coastal Geospatial Services Contract

Process for States to use the contract

• Discuss project with CSC POC
• Develop SOW
• Fill out template MOU (Umbrella and annex)
• Get preliminary approval from State legal
  authority
• NOAA approves MOU State approves MOU
• NOAA sends invoice to State for entire amount of
  project
• Task order awarded after receipt of payment
• NOAA pays contractor as deliverables/invoices are
  approved by State

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• Coastal Geospatial Services Contract

Misconceptions

• NOAA is the contractor
• Reality
• NOAA is providing a contract vehicle
• NOAA is providing contract management
• NOAA may provide some technical oversight
• CGSC is a Sole Source contract
• Reality
• CGSC was competed at time of award
• Full and open competition
• Task Orders awarded to the
• highest qualified contractor

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Issues for consideration

• Full payment to NOAA in advance
• NOAA puts the States funds in a separate account
  
• Contractors are not paid until authorized by the
  State
• Unused funds are returned
• States capability or resources to perform QA
• NOAA will assist with QA if resources are
  available
• Use the contract to have a third party contractor
  perform QA

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Miki Schmidt NOAA Coastal Services
Center Nicholas.Schmidt_at_noaa.gov Dennis Hall
Dennis.Hall_at_noaa.gov 843.740.1323