SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Use of Finite-Volume Modeling and the Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System
- Notice Date
- 5/6/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- BSEE Procurement Branch, HQ381 Elden Street, HE 2306HerndonVA20170-4817US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M14PS00040
- Point of Contact
- Herma J. Banks
- E-Mail Address
-
herma.banks@bsee.gov
(herma.banks@bsee.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source Synopsis: This notice is issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Acquisition Operations Branch, is the contracting office for this procurement. The purpose of this notice is to announce the Government's intent to award a sole source Contract to the School of Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 706 South Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA 02744-1221, in accordance with FAR Part 6.303. The Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS), developed at the Marine Ecosystem Modeling Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, is an integrated atmosphere/surface wave/ocean model system designed for the US northeastern coastal region covering a computational domain from central New Jersey to the eastern end of the Nova Scotia Shelf. Forecast variables include surface wind, air pressure, precipitation/evaporation, surface heat flux, ocean currents, water temperature and salinity, and significant wave heights and frequencies. The core of this system is the Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM) developed by Chen et al. (2006a-b). FVCOM features an unstructured grid in the horizontal plane and a terrain-following coordinate in the vertical plane. NECOFS presently includes two nested domains: 1) the FVCOM GOM3 domain covers the New England Shelf, Georges Bank, the Gulf of Maine, and the Scotian Shelf region and has a spatial resolution varying from 0.5 - 1.0 km in coastal regions (around Georges Bank and along the shelf break) to 10 15 km in the open ocean; and 2) the Mass Coastal FVCOM is a grid covering waters surrounding Massachusetts (including Plum Island Sound/Merrimack River, Mass Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound/Shoal and Buzzards Bay) with a horizontal resolution that varies from 10 m in estuaries to 1 km over the Massachusetts inner shelf. A subdomain may be developed within FVCOM with a boundary connected to NECOFS. This subdomain could have a horizontal resolution of 1 m or even less. Because FVCOM contains an unstructured grid, one of the advantages of this model is the flexibility in grid sizes; grid size of the model can be adjusted easily based on need. The BOEM has a requirement for a study to determine the mesoscale effects of offshore wind resource facilities on coastal and oceanic environmental conditions and habitat. This study will use the hindcasting and forecasting capabilities of NECOFS to provide comprehensive temporal and spatial simulations of the impacts that wind energy resource facilities may have on proposed areas of offshore wind energy development. This project will develop a sub-domain FVCOM that includes proposed turbines with a boundary connected to NECOFS. BOEM will use the modelled physical processes derived from this project to infer biological processes that could occur with offshore wind facility construction along the U.S. northeast coast. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is the developer and sole proprietor of the Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS) and is therefore the only source capable of meeting the Governments requirement. BSEE anticipates awarding an 18 month Firm Fixed Price Contract to the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. This is NOT a request for competitive quotes. The intent of the Special Notice is for informational purposes only. However, any and all information received by the point of contact (POC) listed below; by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, 2014 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. POC: Ms. Herma J. Banks, DOI, BSEE Acquisition Operations Branch, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop HE 2306, Herndon, VA 20170. Information can be emailed to Ms. Herma J. Banks at Herma.Banks@bsee.gov.
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