Updated August 11, 2021 Notice ID 140G0221Q0074 Related Notice 140G0221Q0074 “I. Introduction: The USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center’s Advanced National Seismic Network (ANSS) Project has an ongoing need for software maintenance and development in support of the ANSS mission to provide rapid estimate of global earthquake locations, magnitudes, emergency response products and other earthquake source properties computed using mission-critical acquisition and processing systems (Edge/Continuous Waveform Buffer (CWB) and Hydra)…” “III. Scope: The contractor shall work independently on computer hardware and software systems that are complex to analyze, plan, program, and operate. The contractor shall participate in all phases of planning, system design, prototyping, development, testing, documentation, and software maintenance. The core software is available at https://github.com/usgs/edgecwb for review. This has historically been completed by one developer working full time (1800 hours), however a growing workload can support 2 full time developers. A possible configuration is a lead senior developer working at 1000-1200 hours and a junior-mid developer working 1800 hours. The project management is handled in house. We work in an agile environment and priorities often change depending on scientific advances and societal events. Technical Requirements: During the contract period, the contractor shall perform specific integration and programming tasks as outlined below: Writing new code to add new functionality to the system(s). Enhancing existing code to extend the functionality of the system(s). Upgrading existing code to improve its operating characteristics. Monitor existing and newly developed software and correcting faults. The development tasks can be divided into three categories: Network related tasks Database management system (DBMS) related tasks Real-time programming Multi-threaded programming General programming High level and detailed software design, and Programming of scientific algorithms 24/7 monitoring and debugging General software maintenance Note that the development tasks support core earthquake response activities (e.g., acquiring and managing seismic waveform data, state-of-health information, and station metadata). The monitoring and maintenance task is to support 24/7 data acquisition functionality which in turn supports 24/7 seismic detection, monitoring, and analysis systems, as well as maintenance for support infrastructure already developed. The contractor shall perform work on existing government owned servers that operate supported Linux versions. All available documentation of existing software will be provided to the contractor. There will be some tasks that need to be performed on premise at GHSC due to network or security concerns and in person collaboration. The Contractor shall develop general data management and scientific/engineering analysis applications and real-time data acquisition and process control applications. He or she shall develop, support, and interface with highly specialized real-time field data acquisition software. The contractor shall participate in the monitoring and maintenance of applications and systems software…” “Period of Performance: Base Year         09/25/2021 to 09/24/2022 Option Year I: Period of Performance:    09/25/2022 to 09/24/2023 Option Year II: Period of Performance:   09/25/2023 to 09/24/2024 Option Year III: Period of Performance:  09/25/2024 to 09/24/2025 Option Year IV:  Period of Performance: 09/25/2025 to 09/24/2026…” Read more here. Posted April 16, 2021 Notice ID: 140G0221Q0074 "The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Geologic Hazards Science Center’s Advanced National Seismic Network (ANSS) Project, Golden, CO has an ongoing need for software maintenance and development in support of the ANSS mission to provide rapid estimate of global earthquake locations, magnitudes, emergency response products and other earthquake source properties computed using mission-critical acquisition and processing systems (Edge/Continuous Waveform Buffer (CWB) and Hydra)." "The Contractor shall work independently on computer hardware and software systems that are complex to analyze, plan, program, and operate. The contractor shall participate in all phases of planning, system design, prototyping, development, testing, documentation, and software maintenance.” "During the contract period, the Contractor shall perform specific integration and programming tasks as outlined below: Writing new code to add new functionality to the system(s). Enhancing existing code to extend the functionality of the system(s). Upgrading existing code to improve its operating characteristics. Monitor existing and newly developed software and correcting faults…" Read more here.