SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 5/14/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-WASC-4-705
- Response Due
- 5/31/2004
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2004
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
-
randal.w.brown@noaa.gov
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE INSTITUE OF OCEAN SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS (IOS) FOR THE NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR MODELING ALGAL CELL AND TRANSPORT OFF THE WASHINGTON STATE COAST. VENDOR WILL REFINE EXISTING MODEL GRIDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON COASTS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RESOLUTION OF THE WASHINGTON COAST FOR THIS STUDY; USE HISTORICAL CTD, WIND AND CURRENT METER DATA TO SIMULATE REPRESENTATIVE CURRENTS OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST; PERFORM ALGAL CELL TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS USING THESE CURRENTS; AND COMPARE TRAJECTORIES AND LANDFALLS WITH HAD AND OTHER DATA. CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ALGAL CELLS CAN BE TRANSPORTED FROM THE JUAN DE FUCA EDDY TO THE WASHINGTON COAST AND ESTABLISH LIKELY RECIPIENT LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 8/1/04 - 8/31/05. DR. MIKE FOREMAN OF IOS POSSESSES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND OPERATION OF PHYSICAL CIRCULATION MODELS FOR THE CONTINENTAL SHELF REGIONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON. VELODCITY FIELDS FROM THESE MODELS HAVE BEEN USED IN OIL SPILL PREDICTIONS, SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISES, ALGAL BLOOM AND ZOOPLANKTON DISPERSION SIMULATIONS, AND SEWAGE OUTFALL STUDIES. NO OTHER KNOWN SORUCE POSSESSES THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMING THESE TYPES OF STUDIES. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00586141-W 20040516/040514211800 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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