The call launched by CONAE seeks to create and implement a comprehensive platform and mobile phone Apps that allow the incorporation of technological tools of spatial origin for the prevention, monitoring and early warning of forest, rural and interface fires. The projects will be financed by the IDB’s PROSAT II program.
The National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE) within the scope of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Nation, launches a call aimed at collecting “expressions of interest” on the part of scientific institutions and / or universities, companies, or a consortium of work integrated by them .
The call is intended to create and implement a comprehensive operating platform and mobile phone Apps for the National Fire Management System (SNMF) , which allows the incorporation of satellite information for the prevention, monitoring and early warning of forest, rural and rural fires. interface; optimizing existing resources and maximizing the efficiency of action of the forest fire prevention and fighting services that are part of the Federal Fire Management System (SFMF) . This initiative is financed by the Program for the Development of Satellite Technologies (PROSAT II) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Sentinel 2 image dated September 24, 2020, processed by the CONAE Emergency Unit for activation no. 157, shows a fire in the small mountains, near the city of Alta Gracia, in the province of Córdoba. The active fire fronts are visible in red, the burned surface in black / dark red.
Call details:
1. Project Data:
Name: PROSAT II – SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Loan Contract: IDB N ° 4840 / OC-AR
Contracting Organization: National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE)
Deadline for submission: April 30, 2021
Place and form of submission: Via mail to ugd@conae.gov.ar In the subject you must indicate: Announcement of Opportunities PROSAT II “Comprehensive Platform for Forest, Rural and Interface Fires of the Argentine Republic” .
2. Form and procedure of contracting
The contracting procedure for this consultancy is by Selección Calidad Consultores (SCC) in accordance with IDB regulations. This process involves the following steps:
to. Call for “expressions of interest”
b. Selection of a short list of six applicants, in order of priority from first to sixth
c. Invitation to the firm selected first in the short list, to present a technical and economic proposal for the development of the consultancy, for which the required terms of reference will be attached, in detail
d. Presentation of the technical and economic proposal
e. Technical evaluation of the proposal presented and if approved, negotiation of the economic proposal
f. In the event that the firm selected in the first place does not present, in a timely manner, its technical and economic proposal, or it is not considered technically and economically acceptable, the firm selected in the second place will be called and so on until achieving an acceptable proposal
3. Description of the requirement and the objective to be achieved
optimizing existing resources and maximizing the efficiency of action of the forest fire prevention and fighting services that are part of the Federal Fire Management System (SFMF). This project is within the scope of the tasks promoted as the development of new applications within the framework of the PROSAT II project.
The recent launch of the SAOCOM 1B satellite completes, together with the SAOCOM 1A satellite, the SAOCOM 1 constellation of CONAE, which allows for high availability of radar data and higher frequency of observation. All this satellite information is extremely beneficial for a variety of applications, and can be used alone or in combination, either with other types of SAR radar data, or with data from optical sensors. It should be noted that the synergy of information results in the possibility of further increasing the monitoring and identification capacities of the different phenomena that occur on the earth’s surface. Through the fusion of SAR and optical information, the availability of products with a social and productive impact will be increased, thus enhancing the contribution of the satellite tool.
In 2020, the areas burned at the national level exceeded the historical maximums, therefore, the CONAE must prioritize the articulation with the institutions that have primary responsibility for the fire event (municipal, provincial or federal) and that exercise jurisdiction over the disaster areas. It must also coordinate with those institutions that provide technical and operational assistance and that coordinate the resources available to the country to prevent and fight fires.
The general objective of this call is to create and implement a comprehensive platform and mobile phone Apps for the SNMF and SFMF that allows the incorporation of technological tools for the prevention, monitoring and early warning of forest, rural and interface fires, optimizing the existing resources and maximizing the efficiency of action of the forest fire prevention and fighting services that are part of the SFMF.
The platform must allow the processing, analysis, storage, generation and consultation of information related to forest, rural and interface fires. It will have to articulate with the Environmental Information Center (CIAM), allow the sending of information by email manually and automatically, generate alerts to users and have different levels of access.
4. Estimated term
The term of the consultancy is estimated at 9 (nine) months.
5. Minimum work team
In this call for “expressions of interest”, the capacities of the institution, work team and their relevance to participate in the call must be described (see details in the Annex below).
The minimum technical team must include a Project Manager or Coordinator and Specialists in:
a) fire management,
b) remote sensing,
c) data infrastructure,
d) modeling of geophysical processes from radar and optical satellite images and;
e) climatic data from different sources of information.
6. Form of presentation
Interested parties must present their background information, with all the requested information, signed by all those responsible for the institution or group of institutions.
ANNEX: MINIMAL INFORMATION TO SUBMIT
1. Background of the institution (s), universities, companies, technical teams.
In the case of a group of institutions, the background of each of them and their specialties must be indicated. The work area and an estimated percentage of participation of each of them must also be indicated.
2. Background of the Head or Coordinator of the Work Team
Present the abbreviated CV of the coordinator or boss, with the following information: a) Education and degrees obtained; b) experience in the specific area (briefly mention the experiences and the number of years); c) experience in the subject of the call (briefly mention projects and years)
3. Background of the Specialists of the Work Team
For each of the specializations, present an abbreviated CV with the following information: a) Education and degrees obtained; b) experience in coordinating projects and multidisciplinary teams (briefly mention the experiences and the number of years); c) experience in the subject of the call (briefly mention projects and years); d) experience working with multidisciplinary teams. In the event of more than one expert in an area, the percentage of participation of each of them in said area must be indicated.
4. Other information that is considered of interest
Include all other information that you consider relevant in this first instance.