Great Lakes Food Web Models

***NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), intends to negotiation, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Eureka Aquatic Research, LLC to continue to produce a whole ecosystem model as part of the Earth System Model framework. In and around Lake Michigan.

***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requirement that Eureka Aquatic Research, LLC, is the sole entity to have developed and applied the Atlantis Ecosystem model to Great Lake food webs. Eureka Aquatic Research LLC has expertise with the food web model desired for this effort, which this year is focusing on connecting the Atlantis Ecosystem model to physical and chemical models within the Earth System Model framework led by Principal Investigator Dr. Jia Wang. Dr. Hongyan Zhang, the lead scientist and owner of Eureka Aquatic Research LLC, has 12 years of experience working with the Atlantis Ecosystem model, and developing this model for applications to Great Lakes food webs. Work to be performed from 4/01/2023 – 03/31/2024.  

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