SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- MODELING ALGAL CELL AND TRANSPORT
- Notice Date
- 6/14/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation 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-5-805
- Response Due
- 6/29/2005
- Archive Date
- 7/14/2005
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS, GOVERNMENT OF CANADA (IOS). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR MODELING ALGAL CELL AND TRANSPORT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE/NW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE 8/1/2005 ? 9/30/2006. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL 1) REFINE EXISTING MODEL GRIDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON COASTS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RESOLUTION OF THE WASHINGTON COAST FOR THIS STUDY; 2) USE HISTORICAL CTD, WIND AND CURRENT METER DATA TO SIMULATE REPRESENTATIVE CURRENTS OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST; 3) PERFORM ALGAL CELL TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS USING THESE CURRENTS; 4) COMPARE TRAJECTORIES AND LANDFALLS WITH HAD AND OTHER DATA. 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. DR. FOREMAN IS THE ONLY KNOWN SCIENTIST IN THE WORLD WHO HAS USED PHYSICAL MODELS IN WORKING WITH DATA FROM THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC REGION. VELOCITY 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. QUESTIONS CONCERNING PROPOSED ACQUISITION MAY BE DIRECTED TO RANDALL BROWN. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00829313-W 20050616/050614211905 (fbodaily.com)
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