SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 2/9/2007
- 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-7-177
- Response Due
- 2/26/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/13/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH CSIRO MARINE RESEARCH (CSIRO) FOR THE U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE/NOAA, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). GOAL OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO DEVELOP DATA-DRIVEN ECOSYSTEM MODELS THAT ALLOW POLICY MAKERS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND SCIENTISTS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF MANAGEMENT EFFORTS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. SPECIFICALLY, PROPOSED VENDOR WILL DEVELOP ?ATLANTIS? INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM THAT WILL 1) EVALUATE IMPACTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, 2) IDENTIFY KEY PROCESSES THAT GOVERN ECOSYSTEM CONDITION AND THE PROVISION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, 3) EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF MANAGEMENT ACTIONS ON ECOSYSTEM STATUS AND SERVICES, AND 4) IDENTIFY TRADEOFFS BETWEEN SPECIES, STAKEHOLDERS, AND MANAGEMENT GOALS. ATLANTIS IS A PROPRIETARY SIMULATION MODELING APPROACH DEVELOPED BY CSIRO SCIENTISTS. ATLANTIS INTEGRATES PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND FISHERIES DYNAMICS IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, SPATIALLY EXPLICIT DOMAIN. IN ATLANTIS, ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS ARE REPRESENTED BY SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT SUB-MODELS THAT SIMULATE HYDROGRAPHIC PROCESSES, BIOGEOCHEMICAL FACTORS DRIVING PRIMARY PRODUCTION, AND FOOD WEB RELATIONS AMONG FUNCTIONAL GROUPS. THE MODEL REPRESENTS KEY EXPLOITED SPECIES AT THE LEVEL OF DETAIL NECESSARY TO EVALUATE DIRECT EFFECTS OF FISHING, AND IT ALSO REPRESENTS OTHER ANTHROPOGENIC AND CLIMATE IMPACTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM AS A WHOLE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL: 1) COLLABORATE WITH FRAMD SCIENTISTS TO CONSTRUCT ECOLOGICAL MODELS OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CURRENT ECOSYSTEM, 2) ASSIST FRAMD/NWFSC SCIENTISTS IN THE MIGRATION OF ATLANTIS COMPUTER CODE FROM THE U.W. WEST COAST MODEL TO A CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MODEL, 3) WORK WITH FRAMD/NWFSC SIENTISTS TO IMPROVE ATLANTIS COMPUTER CODE, INCLUDING GRAPHIC INTERFACE, MODULES TO IMPROVE HANDLING OF DIET DATA, RUN TIME AND EOCIAL AND BIODIVERSITY COMPONENTS OF THE MODEL, AND 4) COLLABORATE WITH FRAMD/NWFSC SCIENTISTS TO INTERPRET RESULTS AND REPORT THOSE RESULTS IN MANUSCRIPTS THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH JOURNALS. PROPOSED VENDOR DEVELOPED AND WROTE THE COMPUTER CODE FOR EXISTING ATLANTIS MODEL, AND IS THUS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT CAN MODIFY EXISTING CODE FOR NMFS. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS DATE OF AWARD THROUGH 5/31/2008. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01229246-W 20070211/070209220351 (fbodaily.com)
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