Non-Personal Services To Update The Atlantis Ecosystem Model

***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR) GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (GLERL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION  LOCATED IN AUSTRALIA FOR SERVICES TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE ATLANTIS ECOSYSTEM MODEL TO IMPROVE ITS CAPABILITIES FOR SIMULATING EFFECTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABLE NUTRIENTS ON GREAT LAKES FISHERIES AND FOOD WEBS AT THE RELEVANT SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES.  

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION DEVELOPED THE ATLANTIS ECOSYSTEM  AND THE ONLY SOURCE CODE CHANGES CAN BE DONE BY COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION. THE ATLANTIS ECOSYSTEM MODEL CODE NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED TO INCLUDE AN INPUT OF VERTICAL TURBULENCE TIME SERIES AND OTHER ANALYSIS.

THIS MODEL HAS BEEN USED BY NOAA IN SEVERAL COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA COAST, THE CHESEAPEAKE BAY, THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC, GULF OF MEXICO, AND GULF OF ALASKA.  THE MODEL UPDATE IS NEEDED TO ACCELERATE NOAA'S ABILITIES TO PROJECT CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEMS AND FISHERIES.  

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:  10/01/2024 THROUGH 09/30/2025

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