SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Ecological & hyrological modeling
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2013
- 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-Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2570 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822-2396, United States
- ZIP Code
- 96822-2396
- Solicitation Number
- PIFSC-13-SS01K
- Point of Contact
- Karen K. Beck, Phone: 8089835735
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.beck@noaa.gov
(karen.beck@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NOTICE: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. The information provided in response to this notice will assist the Government in determining the extent of business capable of performing the type of work described herein. The intent of the announcement is to identify all sources that are qualified of furnishing The National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Honolulu, HI, with the following: Services Required: 1. Integrate output of HYCOM model or another appropriate hydrological model and reformat to make it compatible as input for Guam Atlantis; HYCOM is based on grid cells, the fluxes, temperature and salinity that HYCOM delivers has to be aggregated to represent fluxes between Atlantis boxes both horizontally and vertically (water layers). 2. Adapt Atlantis code as required to supplement coral reef processes added for the Atlantis-GBR model to include any additional processes specific to the Guam reefs. The base model should include representation of coral types, algal-coral competition, bleaching (and partial mortality). Guam specific features that shall be added include temperature stress adaptations and the impacts of sedimentation (point-source pollution) on corals. Contractor shall meet all the following requirements: 1. The contractor shall provide a lead person with significant years of experience in ecosystem modeling relevant to this project. 2. The lead person shall have relevant knowledge and abilities leading and developing ecosystem modeling frameworks with extensive peer-reviewed publications in the scientific literature related to end-to-end ("whole of ecosystem") ecosystem modeling. 3. The contractor shall identify, by name, the key technical personnel and lead person who will work under this contract. Place of Performance: Work will be completed at the contractor's facilities Period of performance is from June 2013 through May 2014. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541990. All contractors doing business with the Government are required to have a valid Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS) and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. NOTE: THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. No solicitation document is available. No contract will be awarded on the basis of responses received to this notice. All interested parties must respond to this announcement by June 28, 2013. Documentation to support the contractor's capability to perform these services must be submitted in writing and include the point of contact and phone number, and a description of services performed under previous contracts for the same services, DUNS Number, business type and size, and a brief narrative regarding its capability to provide the services as described above. Any response that does not include this information will not be considered. The Government will review each response to determine if the contractor has the experience, knowledge, and capability to perform the services as specified above. Detailed information must be submitted by email to the address noted below by 4:00 PM local (HST) Hawaii Standard Time, June 28, 2013. Email Address: karen.beck@noaa.gov. Questions of any nature must be addressed in writing as NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE HONORED.
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