Non-Personal Services For Running Simulations For Bioenergetics Models Of Chinook Salmon And Steelhead Recruitment

THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR) GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (GLERL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH TYLER, JEFFREY LOCATED IN FARMINGTON, CT FOR NON-PERSONAL SERVICES FOR RUNNING SIMULATIONS FOR BIOENERGETICS MODELS OF CHINOOK SALMON AND STEELHEAD RECRUITMENT IN MICHIGAN'S TRIBUTARIES IN ORDER TO ESTIMATE THEIR STOCK-RECRUIT RELATIONSHIPS AND RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT DR. JEFFREY A. TYLER (DR. TYLER) DEVELOPED THE EXISTING INDIVIDUAL BASED BIOENERGETICS MODELS OF BOTH SPECIES DESIRED FOR THIS ANALYSIS. THESE MODELS WERE DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR PREDICTING EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON SALMON RECRUITMENT IN TWO LARGEST TRIBUTARIES TO LAKE MICHIGAN. DR. TYLER HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE MODELING FISH RECRUITMENT RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND HIS MODELS ARE READY TO USE FOR NOAA’S NEEDS.

DR. TYLER DEVELOPED THE FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS, THE ALGORITHMS, AND THE COMPUTER CODE (IN THE COMPUTER LANGUAGE IDL) FOR THESE MODELS, FP-MESORIVER AND FP-RAS (FISHERIES PROJECTIONS RIVER ANALYSIS SYSTEM). DR. TYLER IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOR THE IDL CODE.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

BASE YEAR: 09/01/2024 THROUGH 06/30/2025

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