SAM #143041-26-0066

NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center seeks C++ programming services to enhance COMPASS fish ecology model

NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center is seeking specialized C++ programming services to enhance its custom COMPASS fish ecology model used for predicting salmon and steelhead survival in the Columbia River hydropower system. - Government Buyer: - Department of Commerce, NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) - National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), Fish Ecology Division - OEMs and Vendors: - Valinor Labs, LLC (sole source vendor) - Services Requested: - Senior C++ programmer to modify and expand the NOAA-built COMPASS model - Complete development of graphical user interface (GUI) - Develop and finish adult salmon passage module - Expand model to include travel time and survival in tributaries - Improve model speed, efficiency, and conduct routine maintenance - Expand features to include life history of fall Chinook and estuary modeling - Unique Requirements: - Sole source procurement to Valinor Labs due to specialized expertise in COMPASS and fish ecology - Requires programmer with deep knowledge of fish ecology and experience with NOAA modeling tools - Incremental deliverables over a multi-year period with base and option years - Place of Performance: - Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) Fish Ecology Division, Seattle, WA - NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office, Seattle, WA

Description

Requisition 143041-26-0066

(1) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisitions and Grants Office Points of Contact: 

Grace LaPierre, Contract Specialist

U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA

Western Acquisition Division

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 1,

Seattle, WA 98115

EMAIL: grace.lapierre@noaa.gov

Charles Kendall, Contracting Officer

U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA

Western Acquisition Division

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 1,

Seattle, WA 98115

EMAIL: charles.kendall@noaa.gov

(2) Set-asides, if applicable: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisitions and Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Seattle Simplified Acquisitions Branch, intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, under the authority of RFO FAR 12.102(a) and 41 U.S.C. 1901, to Valinor Labs for non-personal services to modify the custom NOAA designed C++ program which produces predictions of the effects of alternative dam and reservoir operations on juvenile salmon and steelhead survival and passage through the Columbia River hydropower system. The graphic user interface needs to be completed, the adult passage module needs to be completed, the model needs to be expanded to include travel time and survival in tributaries, and modified to improve speed and efficiency. The proposed contract action is unrestricted.

(3) Codes for services or supplies: NAICS 513210

(4) Description: 

(i) The requirement is for non-personal services to continue development and modification of a custom C++ program for predicting fish ecology. An experienced C++ programmer with knowledge of fish ecology is required ;

(ii) This presolicitation notice is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can fully meet the Government’s requirements may submit substantiating documentation or a request for additional information in writing to the identified point of contact before the due date/ deadline of this SAM posting. Such requests and documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. The anticipated award date is estimated to be June 2026.

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