SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical 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
- Reference-Number-WASC-4-1293
- Response Due
- 8/16/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2004
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
-
randal.w.brown@noaa.gov
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH EARTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE (ESI) FOR THE NW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO DEVELOP TERRAIN MAPPING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS FOR WATERSHEDS IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA STEELHEAD AND SPRING CHINOOK. THE NWFSC PROVIDES SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO NMFS FOR THE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION, AND WISE-USE OF THE NW REGION?S MARINE AND ANADROMOUS RESOURCES. REGIONALLY EXTENSIVE DIGITAL EVALUATION DATA (DEM) OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC ANALYSES OVER UNPRECEDENTED SCALES. COUPLED WITH DEVELOPING CONCEPTS IN GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, SUCH ANALYSES CAN BE CRUCIAL TO RESOLVING LANDSCAPE-IMPOSED CONTROLS ON RIVER ECOSYSTEMS. THEIR IMPLEMENTATION INVOLVES SEVERAL STEPS: 1) DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL MODELS RELATING GEOMORPHIC AND BIOLOGIC SYSTEMS, 2) DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS THAT USE AVAILABLE DATA TO ESTIMATE THE PERTINENT GEOMORPHIC ATTRIBUTES, 3) IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE ALGORITHMS IN COMPUTER MODELS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING DATA FORMATS AND GIS SOFTWARE, 4) EVALUATION, VERIFICATION, AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS, AND 5) ITERATIVE ALTERNATIONS OF THE CONCEPTUAL MODELS AND SUBSEQUENT NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON THE EVALUATION, VERIFICATION, AND INTERPRETATION. ESI HAS IMPLEMENTED DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL MODELS, PARTICULARLY TO INCORPORATE THE ROLE OF DISTURBANCE IN LANDSCAPE PROCESSES. ESI HAS IMPLEMENTED THESE MODELS IN COMPUTER PROGRAMS THAT CAPITALIZE ON AVAILABLE DATA, AND HAS INCORPROATED THESE MODELS INTO A TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM SPECIFIC TO IDENTIFICATION OF GEOMORPHIC CONTROLS ON HABITAT DIVERSITY IN RIVER SYSTEMS. ESI HAS A DEMONSTRATED HISTORY OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION WITH THE NMFS AND WITH THE NWFSC IN PARTICULAR. THE SOFTWARE LIBRARIES DEVELOPED WITH THESE AND OTHER PROJECTS PROVIDE AN EXTENSIVE SET OF UNIQUE TOOLS FOR DIGITAL DATA AND PROVIDE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE PROPOSED TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00633687-W 20040801/040730211851 (fbodaily.com)
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