SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 8/25/2007
- 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-7-915
- Response Due
- 9/10/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/25/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW). UNDER PROPOSED CONTRACT, UW WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A LARGER AND MORE DETAILED MODEL OF COLUMBIA BASIN HYDROLOGY UNDER ALTERNATIVE CLIMATE REGIMES. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 9/2007 ? 9/2008. NMFS IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ANALYSES TO UNDERSTAND HOW SALMON POPULATIONS IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN RESPOND TO VARIABILITY IN WATER FLOW AND TEMPERATURE. THESE ANALYSES FOCUS ON SALMON REARING AREAS AND MIGRATION ROUTES THROUGH THE HYDROSYSTEM IN THE SNAKE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS. NMFS CURRENTLY LACKS A DETAILED, COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF THE HYDROLOGY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. SUCH A MODEL CAN PREDICT FUTUR EHYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND ENHANCE NMFS? ABILITY TO MANAGE SALMON POPULATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, UW WILL 1) EXPAND EXISTING HYDROLOGICAL MODELS TO PROVIDE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF WATER FLOW IN WENATCHEEE AND SALMON RIVER BASINS UNDER SEVERAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, 2) EXPAND EXISTING HYDROLOGICAL MODELS DEVELOPED BY THE CLIMATE IMPACTS GROUP TO COVER FINER SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS AND TO INCLUDE WATER TEMPERATURE, AND 3) PROVIDE MODEL OUTPUT PREDICTING WATER FLOW AND WATER TEMPERATURE IN TRIBUTARIES THROUGHOUT THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN AND IN THE IMPOUNDED REGIONS OF THE SNAKE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS. UW COMPLETED A SIMILAR HYDROLOGICAL MODEL AND PROPOSED CONTRACT EXPANDS PREVIOUS MODEL FOR A MORE DETAILED MODEL OF COLUMBIA BASIN HYDROLOGY. 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. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION, REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRY (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505. ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AT HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV.
- Record
- SN01385358-W 20070827/070825220301 (fbodaily.com)
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