CarbonTracker-Lagrange Modeling

***NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OFFICE OF ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, GLOBAL MONITORING LABORATORY (GML) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INC. (AER) OUT OF LEXINGTON, MA FOR THE CARBONTRACKER-LAGRANGE MODELING FRAMEWORK.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT AER IS THE SOLE ENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CAN MEET AND PROVIDE THE REQUIRED CARBONTRACKER-LAGRANGE MODELING FRAMEWORK. AER AND NOAA GML JOINTLY-DEVELOPED THE CARBONTRACKER-LAGRANGE MODELING FRAMEWORK UNDER PREVIOUS GRANTS AND CONTRACTS WITH NOAA AND NASA. AER THEREFORE HAS UNIQUE AND DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTING COMPUTER CODES AND MODEL DATA PRODUCTS AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE NASA COMPUTER SYSTEMS WHERE THE SOFTWARE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED UNDER AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT. NO OTHER PROVIDER EXISTS THAT CAN CARRY OUT THIS WORK DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE MODELING FRAMEWORK AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR ACCESS TO THE NASA COMPUTERS AS WELL AS THE NOAA HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS. THE REQUIRED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 9/1/2023 – 8/31/2024.

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