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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with FAR part 13 and additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-02 as of January 22, 2024.

This requirement is being solicited as a total small business set-aside.

GENERAL INFORMATION

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Size Standard: $19.0 Million

Quotes due date: March 11, 2024. 1:00pm PST.

Offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) by the closing date of the solicitation to be considered for award.

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QUOTE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Please see further instructions for quote submission under Addendum to Provision 52.212-1

Documents necessary for quote submission are as follows:

1. Completed Price Schedule (tab 1 & tab 2) in the excel spreadsheet of attachment 1.

2. Technical Proposal, no more than 75 pages.

3. Completed Vendor information on Page 3.

4. Email the quote to dkullar@usbr.gov. Quote due date is March 11, 2024, 1:00pm PST.

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PRICE SCHEDULE

1. Refer to Attachment 1 (Price Schedule). Please fill out both tab 1 and tab 2 of the attached price schedule excel spreadsheet.

2. This is a Time & Material Contract. Payments will only be made for actual materials used & services performed.

3. This project will be incrementally funded on a yearly basis or as funds are expended.

$400,000.00 will be awarded at the time of award, then $400,000.00 will be awarded on an annual basis after that. These amounts and date of obligations are estimates only and can change as needed.

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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

MODEL MAINTENANCE FOR THE WATER TEMPERATURE MODEL PLATFORM

OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT

1.0 INTRODUCTION:

1.1 Organization to be supported:

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Bay-Delta Office (BDO) 801 I Street, Suite 140

Sacramento, CA 95814

1.2 Background:

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) operate the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP), respectively, to divert, store, and convey CVP and SWP (Project) water consistent with applicable law and contractual obligations. The CVP and the SWP are two major inter-basin water storage and delivery systems that divert and re-divert water from the southern portion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta). Both CVP and SWP include major reservoirs upstream of the Delta, and transport water via natural watercourses and canal systems to areas south and west of the Delta.

Reclamation’s northern CVP include the major facilities of Shasta, Trinity, Whiskeytown, and Folsom reservoirs which contribute to Sacramento River flow. The CVP also includes facilities and operations on the Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers. The major facilities on these rivers are New Melones and Friant Dams, respectively. Both DWR and Reclamation operate pursuant to water right permits and licenses issued by the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to appropriate water by diverting to storage or by directly diverting to use and re-diverting releases from storage later in the year. As conditions of their water right permits and licenses, the SWRCB requires the CVP and SWP to meet specific water quality, quantity, and operational criteria. Reclamation and DWR closely coordinate the CVP and SWP operations, respectively, to meet these conditions.

In 2023, Reclamation completed the development of the CVP Water Temperature Modeling Platform (WTMP) Project to modernize analytical tools that support activities and decision making for water temperature management in CVP reservoirs for fishery species protection in downstream river reaches. The WTMP development effort materials include new model and framework software in the Shasta/Trinity, American, and Stanislaus River systems, model documentation, a user guide, and a data management system. The purpose of the WTMP is to deliver quality products to support Reclamation’s mission – predict water temperature to support CVP operations through enhanced modeling capabilities to predict summer and fall water temperature prediction through facilities operations specifically designed for temperature management with effective performance measure reporting functions. The WTMP conforms to professional standards of care in analytical tool development and applications for reservoir-river system water temperature management, is being used consistently for both CVP real-time operations and seasonal and long-term planning purposes and accommodates future technological advancements in analytical modeling for reservoir-river system water temperature management.

Reclamation’s ability to manage water and temperature management in complex environmental conditions rests in part with successful prediction, forecasting, and simulation. Reclamation had

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experienced a recent enhanced scrutiny of computational toolsets and the WTMP has been designed to demonstrate sound design purposes/frameworks, data, calibration, validation, verification, testing, documentation, peer review, and community trust in their defense. Specific temperature management objectives are supported by computational methods/modeling techniques and frameworks in need of systematic maintenance and improvement to retain/enhance Reclamation’s capabilities. Reclamation is employing robust and reliable seasonal and planning modeling tools for each relevant areas of operation, that are germane, defendable, and trusted by the technical community.

1.3 Clearances and Licensing:

A security clearance is not required for Contractor employees.

1.4 Privacy Act:

Work on this project requires that contractor personnel have access to Privacy Information.

Personnel shall adhere to the Privacy Act, Title 5 of the U.S. Code, Section 552a and applicable agency rules and regulations.

2.0 Scope:

Reclamation must ensure that WTMP model upgrades and maintenance are ongoing to ensure that the WTMP model remains valid and relevant. Model upgrades and maintenance incorporate any necessary changes and/or upgrades to the models in order to ensure that the model results can be trusted and used in decision making. The model maintenance includes addressing certain activities under the WTMP but do not necessarily capture any certain or foreseeable changes. In addition, there are uncertain activities in the near future that will require updates to the model platform that will be identified as optional tasks.

2.1. Technical Requirements

The model maintenance tasks include addressing certain activities under the WTMP as well as uncertain activities within the period of performance that will require updates to the model platform. Under the WTMP development project, the material items developed included software, incidental hardware, model documentation, users guides/manuals for the software products, and a data management system. The contractor shall be utilizing these existing materials in providing material updates and upgrades to the WTMP model platform as part of the model maintenance tasks. Task that are identified as optional shall be dependent on the availability of funding.

If any cloud computing services are needed to support the project, the Microsoft Azure architecture shall be utilized. This conforms with an existing Reclamation Authority to Operate (ATO) and supports Reclamation’s ability to operationalization any products from the effort.

Where reasonable and practicable, development efforts will be conducted in the Python programming language. Use of other computing languages must be approved by Reclamation on a case-by-case basis. Code should be well documented, consisting of documentation strings conforming to the numpy style guidelines and line comments describing actions within the code.

A conda environment file shall be included that documents the necessary software dependencies.

Work shall be conducted in a git managed repository linked to a remote platform. Those repositories shall be shared with Reclamation prior to closeout. The contractor may also request Reclamation to create a repository for their use.

2.1a. Performance Summary/Technical Requirements/Deliverables-

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TASKS

1. Title: Project Workplan.

Objective: Develop detailed workplan and schedule for the overall modeling updates and maintenance project.

Task: Coordinate with Reclamation to develop a detailed schedule for the model updates and maintenance project. The Contractor shall create an implementation plan and obtain approval from the Reclamation review team for the technical sufficiency of the approach. Reclamation and the Contractor shall discuss details to manage the following for the implementation plan:

a. annual model updates and performance assessments

b. long term operations coordination

c. model recalibration

d. data management system updates

e. updates related to user interface, components, model uncertainty, and physical or operations representation to models

f. develop WTMP communication products for Reclamation’s technical staff and stakeholders

g. develop historical met data for CalSim 3

h. identify additional HEC-WAT plug-in capabilities

i. complete documentation of all tasks identified under this contract.

Deviations from the outlined implementation plan shall be coordinated and approved by the Reclamation review team.

2. Title: Model Software Updates.

Objective: Perform model software updates, plug-ins, and confirm linkages to framework software, and pre and post processing tools Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Consult with Reclamation to determine if model software updates are needed.

b. Create an implementation plan that proposes material updates to software and linkages.

c. Implement model software updates as necessary for HEC-WAT, ReSim, and CE-QUAL-

W2 models

d. Implement material appropriate updates to software and supporting software, including plug-ins, pre-and -post processing tools.

e. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for performing annual model software updates– (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

f. Develop a technical memorandum documenting and summarizing material updates or changes. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

3. Title: Model performance assessments and updates.

Objective: Perform model performance assessments and evaluate the temperature model adequacy for intended uses and relevant updates.

Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Consult with Reclamation to determine which material model performance assessments and updates and their timing are needed such as, but not limited to, hindcasts, total thermal buffering capacity, new forcing input data sets, etc.

b. Create an implementation plan that proposes model performance assessments and updates.

c. Implement evaluation using established hindcast procedure for ReSim and CE-QUAL- W2 models.

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d. Implement evaluation using established total thermal buffering capacity assessment.

e. Implement performance updates (e.g., HEC-RAS and updating cross sections, entrainment logic, meteorologic and inflow temperature relationships, etc.)

f. Evaluate ResSim, CE-QUAL-W2, and HEC-WAT model results based on intended use:

seasonal-planning or long-term planning and perform updates as necessary based on assessment.

g. Based on current year assessment, suggest material model adjustments, further updates, or monitoring to improve model performance.

h. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for performing model evaluation – (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

i. Develop a technical memorandum documenting and summarizing methods, results, evaluation, and recommendations of the performance assessments and material updates.

Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

4. Title: Temperature Target Translation

Objective: Determine the temperature control device (TCD) release by deviation from downstream temperature compliance Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Build automated logic to enable the estimation of the upstream releases needed to satisfy downstream temperature targets through iteration between the upstream release and downstream compliance location based on deviation of the downstream temperature from the target; these estimates shall be applied during the iteration as the upstream boundary condition.

b. Build automated logic to enable the definition of varying temperature compliance locations.

c. Build automated logic to enable the dynamic transition among temperature targets and locations based on conditions specified in the model.

d. Modify the HEC-WAT interface to allow temperature target location and magnitudes to be specified interactively within the program.

e. Modify the HEC-WAT interface to allow user to select from different entered temperature targets for a given operations/meteorology model condition.

f. Develop a technical memorandum describing the material changes and updates to the technical approach and application. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

g. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for using the developed temperature modeling workflows.

5. Title: Long-term Operations (LTO) Development

Objective: Determine temperature performance of operations as specified by the CalSim 3 model Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Construct an automated workflow to convert CalSim 3 output to time series that emulate the format from the DMS system.

b. Construct an automated workflow to enable full period of record runs.

c. Construct an automated workflow to enable a position analysis run, in which the boundary and forcing conditions are ran against the same initial condition.

d. Modify the HEC-WAT interface with an LTO panel in the style of the “Forecasting

Panel” to allow loading of both CalSim 3 output data emulated to the DMS format and meteorologic information with the ability to assign operations, meteorologic, and temperature targets into simulation runs, referred to as the “Operations Panel”.

e. Modify the HEC-WAT “Operations Panel” to select between period of record and position analysis modes.

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f. Modify the HEC-WAT interface in the “Operations Panel” to allow model execution of operations/meteorologic/temperature target combinations, basic postprocessing, and report generation.

g. Develop a technical memorandum describing the material changes and updates to the technical approach and application. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

h. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for using the developed LTO products.

6. Title: Model Recalibration

Objective: Maintain the accuracy of the WTMP by updating physical process parameterizations Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Construct an automated workflow to calibrate each WTMP model using the Reclamation Optimization Software Toolkit for Research Involving Computational Heuristics (OSTRICH) computational toolkit.

b. Preform a preliminary calibration to ensure sufficient performance of the workflow. If any cloud computing resources are utilized by the contractor, this shall be in the Microsoft Azure environment to maintain the ability to transition tools to Reclamation.

c. Coordinate with Reclamation for conducting a full calibration of the model using the workflow.

d. Develop a technical memorandum describing the material changes and updates to the technical approach and application.

e. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for performing model recalibration.

7. Title: Data Management System (DMS) Updates Objective: Enhance capabilities in support of subsequent use cases.

Task: The DMS is hosted by Reclamation and the Contractor will not have direct access to the database. Collaboration with Reclamation is therefore necessary due to security requirements limiting external access. Updates will be submitted to Reclamation for testing and implementation. Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Consult with Reclamation for assessing current and anticipated workflow and use cases for performing DMS updates.

b. Create a development plan that proposes updates to the DMS.

c. Implement re- architecting of DMS to accommodate for current and anticipated workflow and use cases.

d. Implement updates to modify or add imported data to the database.

e. Implement updates to modify, add, or remove data QA/QC functions and preliminary data processing.

f. Implement updates to modify, add, or parameters.

g. Implement updates to modify, add, or remove templates.

h. Implement updates to the data review process, graphics, reports, or flagging capabilities.

i. Implement updates to post processing and data transformations.

j. Implement updates to data service, data delivery web services to modeling framework.

k. Consider suggestions from Peer Review recommendations, such as: NSF-funded Water

Data Markup Language (WaterML) developed by CUAHSI and investigating alternative gap filling strategies.

l. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for performing DMS updates – (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

m. Develop a technical memorandum documenting and summarizing material updates or changes to the DMS.

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8. Title: Develop Multi-Scenario studies (input/output) archive capabilities and analysis tools Objective: Enhancing capabilities in support to store model inputs and model results as well as the tools to analyze results by comparing multiple scenarios Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities.

a. Consult with Reclamation for assessing anticipated workflow to retain forecasts inputs and model results and multi-scenario analysis features.

b. Create a development plan that proposes an effort to incorporate multi-scenario studies archiving in the DMS and multi-scenario analysis tools.

c. Implement architecting of DMS to accommodate anticipated workflow and multi-scenario analysis capabilities.

d. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for applying multi-scenario analysis (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

e. Develop a technical memorandum describing the material changes and updates to the

9. Title: Model Documentation

Objective: Document tasks completed for the contract Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities

a. Consult with Reclamation to: improve, enhance, modify, augment or incorporate documentation including develop documentation for new material modeling capability, update, or change to the existing WTMP documentation materials.

b. Deliver a technical memorandum to Reclamation describing approach, implementation, results, and recommendations where applicable.

c. The final documentation report materials shall be professionally written, including a title page, table of contents, acronyms, references, and contain illustrative figures throughout.

Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

10. Title: Update User Interface Components

Objective: Enhancing capabilities of the WTMP HEC-WAT user interface Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities

a. Consult with the Reclamation review team regarding user interface components deficiencies in the existing WTMP HEC-WAT user interface.

b. Create a development plan that proposes changes to the user interface to address each outlined deficiency – including but not limited to user interface components found to be not working, needing refinement, or additional components needed.

c. Implement the proposed changes to the user interface components to address the identified deficiencies.

d. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for updating the WTMP HEC-WAT user interface – (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

e. Develop a technical memorandum documenting and summarizing material updates or changes. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

11. Title: Update Model Uncertainty and Develop Forecasting Uncertainty or skill.

Objective: Enhance capabilities to address uncertainty inherent within model and expand capabilities to address forecasting uncertainty.

Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities

a. Consult with the Reclamation regarding enhancing or modifying the inherent model uncertainty information, evaluation approach, and post processing, and incorporating forecasting uncertainty to the post processing evaluation (e.g., evaluate capturing the skill of the uncertainty of the hydrologic, operational, physical features, and meteorological, inputs to

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the system) and could include evaluating the multiple modes of intended use: real-time, seasonal, and long-term planning. Create a development plan that proposes changes to inherent model uncertainty and develop capabilities to address forecasting uncertainty and reporting tools.

b. Implement the proposed changes to address the model and forecast uncertainty.

c. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for performing DMS updates – (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

d. Develop a technical memorandum describing the material changes and updates to the technical approach and application. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

12. Title: Develop WTMP communication products for both stakeholders and Reclamation technical staff.

Objective: Enhance broad stakeholder understanding of the WTMP project and fundamental concepts, as well as retaining the institutional knowledge of model development for Reclamation staff.

Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities.

a. Consult with Reclamation and determine and discuss communication objectives, topics, and media options (e.g., journal articles, GIS storyboards, enhanced graphics, video, etc.

are material items to be developed) to better communicate the WTMP project purpose, scope, fundamentals of temperature management, and technical details of the WTMP, development, implementation, and application (can leverage existing WTMP documentation). Reclamation has media resources available that can be applied to this task, o Conference Participation – craft and participate in professional conferences (e.g., CWEMF) to advance the WTMP materials, products, for stakeholders and Reclamation staff.

o Journal Article(s) – submit article(s) that highlight the engineering and technical advancements of the WTMP project to appropriate institutions for review and publication.

o Videos – (shorts) for public distribution – For example, crafting scripts or using existing documentation to convey project overview, model selection, model development, unique features, model performance: calibration, validation, data management, peer review, etc. using screen share capturing/audio, or similar.

o Videos - (long) for internal use – crafting agendas/scripts or related materials of model development details. For example, providing narrative for training workshops on video.

o GIS – crafting storyboards for public distribution, for example, project overview.

o Enhanced Graphics – target existing documentation enhancement.

b. Create a development plan that proposes an effort to produce a variety of communication alternatives to share with a diverse stakeholder base and Reclamation technical staff.

c. Implement plan to build Reclamation/stakeholder expertise/institutional knowledge.

d. Develop a technical memorandum documenting and summarizing material communication products.

13. Title: Historical Met Data development for CalSim 3 (1921 – 2021) Objective: Extend the historical met data to cover the time period of 1921 to 2021 Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities

a. Create a workflow to generate historical met data for the 1921-2021 time period.

b. Implement workflow to generate historical met data for the 1921-2021 time period.

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c. Consult with Reclamation and other contracting teams regarding development for climate change scenarios.

d. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for extending the historical met data

– (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

e. Develop a technical memorandum describing the material changes and upgrades to the

14. Title: Physical or operational representation updates to models

Objective: Update physical facilities or operational requirements within the model representation.

Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Consult with Reclamation and determine if physical elements of the project facilities require updates, (e.g., new outlet structures, operational accommodations, or studies collecting additional data to describe facility operation)

b. Create a development plan to update the model representations.

c. Implement plan to incorporate model updates into the WTMP tools.

d. Develop a technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application.

e. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for updating physical facilities or operational requirements within the model – (e.g., this could be accomplished within a workshop type setting)

15. Title: WTMP Model updates due to process workflow or model assumptions modifications.

Objective: Update model representations as a result of policy or regulatory decisions which influence project operations.

Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Consult with Reclamation and determine if process workflow or model assumptions modifications are needed (e.g., new Biological Opinions, regulatory modifications to water right permit conditions, operational agreements, etc.)

b. Create a development plan to update the model representations.

c. Implement plan to incorporate model updates into the WTMP tools.

d. Develop a technical memorandum describing the material changes and upgrades to the technical approach and application. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

e. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for updating model representations as a result of policy or regulatory decisions which influence project operations.

16. Title: Basin Water Temperature Monitoring Programs

Objective: Assist in the development of formal basin monitoring programs Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

a. Consult with the Reclamation on developing a workplan to establish formal basin monitoring programs for: Shasta/Trinity, American, and Stanislaus watersheds that offer confidence in supporting long-term sustainability of temperature management modeling and forecasting capabilities.

b. Create a development plan that proposes establishing multiple monitoring programs that include, but is not limited to clearly articulate the program goals and the relationship to data monitoring, equipment selection (tolerances) meta data, equipment installation location, data collection frequency, sensor maintenance/frequency, etc.

c. Provide input during basin monitoring program discussions.

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d. Develop a technical memorandum documenting and summarizing basin water temperature monitoring programs. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

17. Option 1: Title: Additional HEC-WAT Plug-In Capabilities

Objective: Adjust the capabilities and user interface of the WTMP HEC-WAT plugin Task: Contractor shall conduct the following activities:

e. Consult with the Reclamation review team regarding interface and capability deficiencies in the existing HEC-WAT plug-in.

f. Create a development plan that proposes changes to the interface and backend logic to address each outlined deficiency – including but not limited to mock-ups, charts, and schematics – as appropriate for the deficiency.

g. Implement the proposed changes to the plugin to address the identified deficiencies.

h. Develop a technical memorandum documenting and summarizing material updates or changes. Contractor shall provide a printed copy of the technical memorandum to Reclamation.

i. Build Reclamation expertise/institutional knowledge for adjusting the capabilities and user interface of the WTMP HEC-WAT plugin.

3.0 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

3.1 Physical Security:

The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all Government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

3.2 Key Control: The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of making sure all keys/key cards issued to the Contractor by the Government are not lost or misplaced and are not used by unauthorized persons.

The Contractor shall prohibit the use of Government issued keys/key cards by any persons other than the Contractor’s employees. The Contractor shall prohibit the opening of locked areas by Contractor employees to permit entrance of persons other than Contractor employees engaged in the performance of assigned work in those areas, or personnel authorized entrance by the Contracting Officer.

3.3 Software Licensing:

As reasonable and practicable, the contractor shall make efforts to follow open-source software development practices. Where open-source software development is not reasonable and practicable, the contractor shall structure software products to separate the encumbered software from the developed products to maximize the amount of software that may be released by Reclamation. If the encumberment results from intellectual property held by the contractor, the contractor shall provide a list of the retained intellectual property and evaluate the viability of relinquishing that intellectual property to Reclamation to support open-source development.

4.0 Deliverables

Reclamation will be the sole owner of the data, models, and all work products that are developed under this contract. A summary of the deliverables for each task is presented below.

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Task Title Deliverable 1 Project Workplan Detailed schedule for the model updates and maintenance project 2 Model Software

Updates.

Technical memorandum documenting and summarizing updates or changes

3 Model performance assessments and updates

Technical memorandum documenting and summarizing methods, results, evaluation, and recommendations of the performance assessments and updates

4 Temperature Target Translation

Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

5 Long-term Operations (LTO) Development

Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

6 Model Recalibration Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

7 Data Management System (DMS) Updates technical memorandum documenting and summarizing updates or changes

8 Develop Multi- Scenario studies (input/output) archive capabilities and analysis tools

Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

9 Model Documentation Technical memorandum describing technical approach, implementation, results, and recommendations where applicable

10 Update User Interface Components

Technical memorandum documenting and summarizing updates or changes

11 Update Model Uncertainty and Develop Forecasting Uncertainty or skill

Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

12 Develop WTMP communication products for both stakeholders and Reclamation technical staff.

Technical memorandum documenting and summarizing communication products

13 Historical Met Data development for CalSim 3 (1921 – 2021)

Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

14 Physical or operational representation updates to models

Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

15 WTMP Model updates due to process workflow or model assumptions modifications

Technical memorandum describing the technical approach and application

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16 Option 1: Title:

Additional HEC- WAT Plug-In Capabilities

Technical memorandum documenting and summarizing updates or changes.

5.0 Type of Contract:

This will be a Time & Material contract for continuous service of five years.

6.0 Point of Contact:

To be determined at time of award

7.0 Hours of Work:

The on-site support shall report to the customer site each day during normal Business hours, which are Monday through Friday, 0730 until 1730. Overtime is not authorized under this contract.

8.0 Place of Performance:

All work shall be completed in Sacramento, CA.

9.0 Period of Performance:

The anticipated period of performance shall be from 4/2/2024 through 4/1/2029.

10.0 Travel:

Proposed travel costs shall be included as a separate line item in the contractor’s quotation and shall be in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulation. Payment for travel shall be on a reimbursable basis.

11.0 Intellectual Property:

This contract is funded by the United States Government. All intellectual property generated and/or delivered pursuant to this PWS shall be subject to appropriate federal acquisition regulations which entitle the Government to unlimited license rights in technical data and computer software developed exclusively with Government funds, a nonexclusive "paid-up" license to practice any patentable invention or discovery made during the performance of this contract, and a "paid-up" nonexclusive and irrevocable worldwide license to reproduce all works (including technical and scientific articles) produced during this contract.

12.0 Section 508:

All Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) procured through this contract shall meet the applicable accessibility standards at 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1194, unless an agency exception to this requirement exists. 36 CFR 1194 implements Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and is viewable at http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm. The Contractor shall indicate for each line item in the schedule whether each product or service is compliant or noncompliant with the accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194.

Further, the proposal shall indicate where full details of compliance can be found (e.g., vendor's website or other exact location).

13.0 Performance Assessment and Disincentives

(a) The Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan is one evaluation method the government uses to surveillance performance to determine whether the Contractor meets the standards of

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performance as defined in the PWS. The absence of a QASP for any contract requirement, however, shall not detract from its enforceability or limit the rights or remedies of the government under any other provision of the contract in determining the quality of the Contractor performance.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY AND

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVIELLANCE PLAN (QASP)

Performance Requirement Summary (PRS)

Acceptable Quality Level Method of Surveillance

Model Updates Timeliness: Identified at start of project and through updates.

COR periodic surveillance.

Model re-calibration Timeliness: Identified at start of project and through periodic updates.

Data Management System Update

Timeliness: Identified at start of contract and through periodic updates.

Model Documentation Timeliness: Identified at start of contract and through periodic updates.

COR periodic surveillance.

Option 1: Additional HEC-WAT Plug-In Capabilities

Timeliness: Identified at start of contract and as needed through periodic updates.

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SECTION C - CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference FEB 1998

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

The clauses in the table below are incorporated by reference.

Clauses Title Date 52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content

Paper

MAY 2011

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance. AUG 2020

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial Services

NOV 2023

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors MAR 2023 52.242-15 Stop – Work Order AUG 1989

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders – Commercial Products and Commercial Services

DEC 2023

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (Dec 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Nov 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Mar 2023) (31 U.S.C.

3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801).

(6) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(7) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

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(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

_X_ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Jun 2020), with Alternate I (Nov 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655).

__ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Nov 2021) ( 41 U.S.C. 3509)).

__ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5). (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.)

_X_ (4) 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (Nov 2023) (41 U.S.C. 4712); this clause does not apply to contracts of DoD, NASA, the Coast Guard, or applicable elements of the intelligence community—see FAR 3.900(a).

_X_ (5) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jun 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

__ (6) [Reserved].

_X_ (7) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

__ (8) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

_X_ (9) 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023) (Section 102 of Division R of Pub. L. 117-328).

___ (10) 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts. (Dec 2023) ( Pub. L. 115–390, title

II)

___ (11) (i) 52.204–30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition. (Dec 2023) ( Pub. L. 115–390, title II).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Dec 2023) of 52.204–30.

_X_ (12) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Nov 2021) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

_X_ (13) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) ( 41 U.S.C. 2313).

__ (14) [Reserved].

__ (15) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Oct 2022) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

__ (16) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2022) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

__ (17) [Reserved]

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_X_ (18) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2020) of 52.219-6.

__ (19) (i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2020) of 52.219-7.

_X_ (20) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Sep 2023) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

__ (21) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Sep 2023) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

__ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

__ (iv) Alternate III (Jun 2020) of 52.219-9.

__ (v) Alternate IV (Sep 2023) of 52.219-9.

__ (22) (i) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Mar 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2020) of 52.219-13.

_X_ (23) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Oct 2022) (15 U.S.C. 637s).

__ (24) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (Sep 2021) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

__ (25) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Oct 2022) ( 15 U.S.C. 657f).

_X_ (26) (i) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Sep 2023) (15 U.S.C.

632(a)(2)).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2020) of 52.219-28.

__ (27) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (Oct 2022) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

__ (28) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (Oct 2022) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

__ (29) 52.219-32, Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves (Mar 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

__ (30) 52.219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule (Sep 2021) (15U.S.C. 637(a)(17)).

_X_ (31) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003) (E.O.11755).

__ (32) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Dec 2022) (E.O.13126).

_X_ (33) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

_X_ (34) (i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O.11246).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Feb 1999) of 52.222-26.

_X_ (35) (i) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

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__ (ii) Alternate I (Jul 2014) of 52.222-35.

_X_ (36) (i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jul 2014) of 52.222-36.

_X_ (37) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jun 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

_X_ (38) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

_X_ (39) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O.

13627).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

_X_ (40) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (May 2022) (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial products or commercial services as prescribed in FAR 22.1803.)

__ (41) (i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA–Designated Items (May 2008) (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

__ (ii) Alternate I (May 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

__ (42) 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

__ (43) 52.223-12, Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

__ (44) (i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Imaging Equipment (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2015) of 52.223-13.

__ (45) (i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Televisions (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jun2014) of 52.223-14.

__ (46) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (May 2020) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

__ (47) (i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Personal Computer Products (Oct 2015) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-16.

_X_ (48) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) (E.O. 13513).

__ (49) 52.223-20, Aerosols (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

__ (50) 52.223-21, Foams (Jun2016) (E.O. 13693).

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__ (51) (i) 52.224-3 Privacy Training (Jan 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552 a).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.224-3.

__ (52) (i) 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022) (41 U.S.C.