SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- WRF and STILT Runs for CarbonTracker North America
- Notice Date
- 7/20/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, 456 S. Illinois, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37830
- ZIP Code
- 37830
- Solicitation Number
- NRMJ1000-11-03263ADN
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2011
- Point of Contact
- Anna Norcross, Phone: 303-497-6650
- E-Mail Address
-
anna.norcross@noaa.gov
(anna.norcross@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***NOAA's Acquisition and Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division - Boulder, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., of Lexington, MA, for research in support of "Improving CarbonTracker Flux Estimates over North America: A Multi-Species Lagrangian Inversion". ***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) requirement for continued ongoing research involving its CarbonTracker Observation Network and CO2 data assimilation system and Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER) and its ability to create, and validate meteorological fields for 2009 and 2010 using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. This will include selected test cases to optimize configuration; comparison with NASA-supported runs (North American Regional Reanalysis vs. Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis; modification of Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport (STILT) model archiving strategy; upgrading run scripts, benchmarking and error checking procedures; and working with Earth Resources Technology, Inc. to port STILT functionality into HYSPLIT (Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory) model of CO2 footprint sampling. The period of performance is August 5, 2011, through August 4, 2012. ***This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide equipment that fully meets the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/NOAAOARARL/NRMJ1000-11-03263ADN/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 325 BROADWAY, BOULDER, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- Zip Code: 80305-3328
- Zip Code: 80305-3328
- Record
- SN02505448-W 20110722/110721004527-1327ba122c8d4824c5e3c1a137525356 (fbodaily.com)
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