Management strategy evaluation

Synopsis: Notice of Intent To Award A Sole-Source Contract
Announcement Number: 1305L2-19-Q-NFFN-0335
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Simplified Acquisition Branch intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Dr. Nathan Vaughan, using the procedures in FAR Part 13, to provide Management Strategy Evaluation Made Operations with Stock Synthesis. Dr. Vaughan has detailed knowledge of the methods, programming code and work flow necessary to turn Stock Synthesis into an operating (simulations) model. For the past two years, Dr. Vaughan has been intimately familiar with the code and features of the Stock Synthesis assessment program. It is these features and its inherent capacity to produce simulations that Dr Vaughan will be adapting to create the operating model capacity for this project. Specifically, the proposed contractor has developed a method to obtain management benchmarks under different fleet allocations that improves upon one of the current methods used in Stock Synthesis. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Only one responsible source.

The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this acquisition is 541511 with a business size standard of $27.5M.

This is not a solicitation for competitive quotes, nor will one be posted on FedBizOpps.

Although a determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if any interested party believes that it is capable of meeting the requirements, and in an effort to comply with the requirements outlined in FAR 5.102, a firm may request an electronic copy of the solicitation from the Contract Specialist, Linda Mullen (linda.mullen@noaa.gov).

All electronic correspondence shall have the subject line read: Announcement Number: Project Title.

All responsible sources may submit a Capability Statement and/or a quote in accordance with the solicitation, which shall be considered by the agency if received on or before 11:00 PM EST on August 23, 2019. The Capability Statement must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NOAA to determine if the party can meet all of the requirements.

The solicitation will remain open from 08/15/2019 to 08/23/2019.

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