253410DataIntegration2026

This requirement is to provide technical support in the maintenance, development, standardization and integration of OR&R’s environmental databases, particularly contaminant chemistry and bioassay (toxicity) test, and field observation data. These databases serve as the compiled repository for environmental contaminant chemistry data for sediment, water, tissue, oil in addition to sediment toxicity and water toxicity data.

These datasets, which are derived from field and laboratory results, include study results from NOAA and other agencies that represent decades of effort to standardize and centralize critical environmental contaminant data.

These databases serve as the foundation for: Site- specific investigations including evaluations of risk or injury to NOAA resources, derivation of cleanup goals, and evaluations of remedial alternatives at hazardous waste sites and spills; and conducting specialized analyses, such as innovative approaches for the evaluation of sediment chemistry and toxicity data to develop new guidelines in support of risk assessments. Please see attached Sources Sought Notice and DRAFT PWS for additional infromation.