VR VIDEOS & AR APPLICATION

Request for Quote

This acquisition is conducted in accordance with the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, in conjunction with the procedures of FAR Subpart 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and conforms to the requirements in place through FAC 2024-05, effective May 22, 2024.

The Department of the Interior (DOI), United States Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center (PCMSC) seeks to award a single, Firm, Fixed-Price purchase award to 1) produce three virtual reality (VR) videos simulating future flooding projections regarding three locations along the Puget Sound (Washington) shoreline (locations to be determined) and 2) produce an augmented reality (AR) application to enable the public to access future flooding projections across the Puget Sound shoreline on mobile devices (smart phones/tablets) in accordance with the attached statement of work, provisions, and clauses (48 pages attached). These products will support stakeholder engagement and community outreach work across the region. As broad guidance, the VR videos should be modeled after a virtual reality video produced for USGS in Capitola, CA in 2020.

This acquisition is set aside for small business.

PSC R425, Support - Professional: Engineering/Technical
NAICS 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, associated size standard of $19 million
Place of performance: USGS, PCMSC offices, and contractor facility
Estimated period of performance: September 30, 2024 - September 30, 2026

Responses will be evaluated by the following Trade-Off factors:
-Technical Capability
-Experience: Two (2) Recent and Relevant Sources
-Past Performance: Two (2) Recent and Relevant References
-Firm, Fixed-Price for each Task 1 and Task 2

For Technical Capability, the vendor shall provide a technical description of the services being offered in sufficient detail and any necessary supporting documentation to demonstrate understanding of the requirement.

Experience is the degree to and frequency with which you have performed similar work before. Recent and relevant experience is preferred.

Past performance is the measure of how well you have performed similar work before. Recent and relevant past performance is preferred. Additionally, we will utilize the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) to the extent data are available and reserve the right to use any other source of past performance information.

It is the vendor's responsibility to submit enough information to allow a meaningful evaluation in each of the areas described above. Failure to do so will negatively impact our evaluation of your submission.

Questions for this solicitation are due no later than August 23, 2024 at 1200 hours Eastern and are accepted only by email submission to jongjoco@usgs.gov.

It is the responsibility of all interested parties to check back periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. All amendments must be signed and included when the quote is submitted.

All quotations and all supporting documentation must be submitted by email to jongjoco@usgs.gov no later than September 4, 2024 at 1200 hours Eastern. Late submissions will not be accepted nor considered. Hard copies or any other means of submission will not be accepted nor considered.