Notice of intent to sole source to university corporation for atmospheric research
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- OAR-25-0001
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- PSC
- AH21 Natural Resources And Environment R&D Services; Conservation And Land Management; Basic Research
- Place of performance
- Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source a contract with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR/NCAR). This notice outlines NOAA's plans to establish a direct contract support mechanism with UCAR/NCAR to enhance research and development opportunities aligned with both organizations' mission goals. The contract will focus on critical atmospheric and environmental science research, leveraging UCAR's specialized capabilities and extensive scientific resources. NOAA seeks to improve its operational environmental science efforts through this partnership, specifically targeting areas of climate, weather, ocean, and coastal research and prediction. The sole source approach is justified by UCAR's unique expertise and comprehensive research infrastructure.
The primary objective of this contract is to support comprehensive research activities across multiple scientific domains, including model physics, data assimilation, instrumentation development, computational systems, and research applications. Key research areas encompass atmospheric modeling, observational studies, computational systems, data processing, and technology transfer to critical sectors such as agriculture, aviation, human health, transportation, renewable energy, and water resources. Contractors should note the opportunity is specifically targeted to UCAR/NCAR, making it a non-competitive procurement. The contract aims to advance NOAA's mission by improving forecast models, understanding environmental changes, and sharing scientific knowledge. While no specific set-aside is indicated, the contract is specifically designed for UCAR/NCAR's specialized capabilities. The notice was posted on December 20, 2024, with a response deadline of December 31, 2024, indicating a relatively short window for any potential inquiries or responses.
Notice text
Under this contract, NOAA expects to enhance current research and development opportunities and efforts in accordance with the similar mission goals of NOAA and UCAR/NCAR. NOAA has a continuing need for UCAR’s services for: (a) modeling and predictability research, to include improvement in model physics, infrastructure for model coupling, testing and evaluation of models, and related data assimilation; (b) Observations, to include instrumentation and field campaigns. This also includes exploitation of UCAR’s unique facilities related to instrument development and testing; (c) computational and information systems for research in atmospheric and related sciences; (d) data processing, quality control, analysis and repositories; (e) research applications that develop and transfer knowledge and technology in areas of atmospheric and related sciences to directly impacted sectors, such as agriculture, aviation, human health, surface transportation, renewable energy, and water resources; (f) community outreach such as workshop, training, and website support.
The goal of this contract effort is to provide a direct means of contract support between various NOAA entities and UCAR/NCAR. The work involved will foster a variety of research and development activities that align with the mission goals of both NOAA and UCAR/NCAR.
UCAR/NCAR focuses on important atmospheric research problems that require major commitments of resources and a wide range of scientific talent over extended periods of time. By housing scientific programs and providing a wide variety of research facilities, facilities support, and related services, UCAR serves the specialized needs of the university research community.
The results or end products of this contract are expected to result in improvements in NOAA research and development, and advancements in operational environmental science efforts. This will further the NOAA mission to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, to improve the skill of NOAA’s operational forecast models, and to share that knowledge and information with others.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Notice of Intent to Sole Source.pdf |
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