SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- ASSIST WITH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT
- Notice Date
- 4/13/2007
- 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 Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-7-300
- Response Due
- 5/11/2007
- Archive Date
- 5/26/2007
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT TO ASSIST IN A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT WITH THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS), HONOLULU LABORATORY. PURPOSE IS TO HELP DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SPATIALLY EXPLICIT SINGLE SPECIES STOCK ASSESSMENT MODELS CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR BOTTOMFISH STOCKS IN THE WESTERN CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN. CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO AID IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND MODEL TESTING AS WELL AS VERIFICATION METHODOLOGIES TO ASSESS THE UTILITY OF THESE ASSESSMENT MODELS. CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS INSULAR STOCK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP IN 5/2007. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE 5/1/2007 ? 4/30/2008. A SERIES OF STOCK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS WERE CONVENED IN 2004 TO ASSESS CURRENT BOTTOMFISH AND CORAL REEF FISH ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION. WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE MODELING AND ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES AS A HIGH PRIORITY AND THAT POPULATION AND STOCK ASSESSMENT MODELS PRESENTLY USED TO ASSESS NW HAWAIIAN ISLAND (NWHI) BOTTOMFISH ARE NOT ADEQUATELY REPRESENTING THE OBSERVED SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF NWHI BOTTOMFISH. CONTRACTOR WILL DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SPATIALLY EXPLICIT SINGLE SPECIES STOCK ASSESSMENT MODELS CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR BOTTOMFISH STOCKS IN THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO, AND IF DETERMINED FEASIBLE, DEVELOP SUCH MODELS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO (1) AID IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF MODEL TESTING AND VERIFICATION METHODOLOGIES TO ASSESS THE UTILITY OF THESE ASSESSMENT MODELS AND (2) PARTICIPATE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS INSULAR STOCK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP IN 6/2007, AT WHICH TIME MEASURES OF STOCK STATUS FOR BOTTOMFISH STOCKS IN THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO WILL BE ESTIMATED USING MSY-BASED METRICS. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A LETTER EXPRESSING INTEREST.
- Record
- SN01272756-W 20070415/070413220420 (fbodaily.com)
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