SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 3/24/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting 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
- WASC-6-451
- Response Due
- 4/10/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/25/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE USDOC/NOAA/NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR IS THE DEPT. OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA/INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (IOS). CONTRACTOR WILL COLLABORATE WITH NWFSC STAFF TO 1) REFINE EXISTING MODEL GRIDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON COASTS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RESOLUTION OF THE COAST; 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; AND 4) COMPARE TRAJECTORIES AND LANDFALLS WITH HAD AND OTHER DATA. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 4/14/2006 ? 9/30/2007, INCLUDING ONE OPTION YEAR. 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. DR. MIKE FOREMAN OF IOS IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT POSSESSES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND OPERATION OF PHYSICAL CIRCULATION MODELS FOR THE CONTINENTAL SHELF REGIONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON. 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. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01014154-W 20060326/060324211909 (fbodaily.com)
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