SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- LINKAGE BETWEEN WRF/nmm AND CMAQ MODELS
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Administrative Support Center, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, 23510
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA133R-04-RQ-0272
- Response Due
- 9/3/2004
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2004
- Point of Contact
- Sybil Custer, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-441-6889, Fax 757-441-3786, - Lynne Phipps, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 441-6881, Fax (757) 441-3786,
- E-Mail Address
-
Sybil.S.Custer@noaa.gov, lynne.b.phipps@noaa.gov
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Air Modeling Division, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, has a requirement for services in support of the Linkage Between Weather Research Forecast (WRF)/nmm and Community Mutliscale Air Quality (CMAQ) The requirements for this service are as follows: (1) 2-day kick-off meeting between the Contractor, NOAA/ASMD, and NOAA/NCEP technical staff to discuss approach and issues related to the project (to be held either at NOAA/ASMD,RTP, NC or NOAA/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD). (2) The Contractor shall submit a detailed workplan and schedule, including descriptions of proposed new software or coding modifications to existing software to create the new linkage between the WRF/nmm and CMAQ models. (3) The Contractor shall modify PREMAQ to read the native WRF/nmm output files. (4) The Contractor shall modify the PREMAQ and CMAQ models and supporting codes to utilize the Arakawa-E horizontal staggered grid and the rotated latitude-longitude map coordinate, and to utilize the hybrid sigma p-p vertical coordinate. (5) The Contractor shall test and evaluate the new/modified computer codes at the module and program level using a test case that is mutually agreeable to the Contractor and the COTR. (6) The Contractor shall write a report describing the PREMAQ and CMAQ modifications made as part of this Contract, as well as the testing of these modifications. Contractor shall provide the following deliverables: (1) Workplan and schedule (from Tasks 1 and 2) (Due: 8 weeks after contract award; COTR will provide comments back to Contractor with 2 weeks of receipt; Kick-off meeting to be held within 4 weeks after Contract award). (2) Bi-monthly brief progress reports to COTR, describing progress to date, problems encountered, and resource expenditures (Due: every 2 months after Contract award). (3) Mid-project progress review, including briefing by the Contractor to the COTR and NOAA staff at ASMD, R.T.P., NC (Due: 5 months after Contract award). (4) Delivery of modified and tested PREMAQ and CMAQ model computer codes, and any newly developed software (Tasks 3,4,5) (Due: 8 months after Contract award). (5) Delivery of project report, describing computer code modifications and testing (Task 6) (Due: 12 months after Contract award). NOAA will furnish the Contractor access to the current WRF/nmm and CMAQ computer codes needed to accomplish this work. All new or modified codes developed as part of this Contract should use the Fortran-90 computer language, and avoid the use of any proprietary software libraries. All codes developed or modified as part of this Contract shall be in the public domain, freely distributable to interested parties. Period of Performance: September 29, 2004 through September 28, 2005. All responsible sources may submit an offer to the RFQ which will be considered by the agency. Copies of the solicitation will only be posted on FEDBIZOPPS. Telephone request will not be honored. Submit a copy of the downloable RFQ, provide sufficient supportive technical/description literature with proposal, via email to (sybil.s.custer@noaa.gov) or mail offers to DOC/NOAA/EASC Acquisition Management Division, 200 Granby Street, Suite 815, Norfolk, Virginia 23510, NO LATER THAN September 3, 2004. Potential contractors must register in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) to be eligible for award. The CCR website is www.ccr.gov. Award will be made to the lowest responsible, responsive offeror who can meet the requirements contained in this announcement and is the most advantageous to the Government considering price and other price related factors. Award will be made on or about September 15, 2004.
- Place of Performance
- Address: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA
- Zip Code: 27711
- Zip Code: 27711
- Record
- SN00649079-W 20040823/040821211551 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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