Consulting Flood Hydrologist Services for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commissionview on SAM.gov

The agency seeks flood hydrologist consulting services for the purpose of performing in-depth reviewing/performing: • Watershed hydrologic modeling and associated uncertainties; • Probabilistic methods in estimating hydrologic hazard curves, including stochastic event flood modeling methods; • Site Specific, Statewide/Regional and Hydrometeorological Reports (HMRs) based Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) and Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) analyses; • Regional frequency analysis to derive Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) of the precipitation and flood; • Climate change impact analyses on extreme precipitation using Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) data and/or NASA Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections; and • Other flood hydrology-related analyses for dam safety. Typical work efforts associated with the effort include but are not limited to: • Review of submitted analyses, including digital files, prepared by Licensees or their consultants. • Review of published data or reports from federal, state and local sources. • Attendance at Board of Consultants meetings and project meetings. • Provide expert advice to FERC staff on complex flood hydrology issues. • Review proposed scopes of work developed by Licensees or their consultants for consistency with the FERC guidelines and state-of-the-practice procedures. • Preparation of written reports as directed, with critiques, conclusions and recommendations. • Review and comment on correspondence or other communications to Licensees prepared by FERC staff. • Develop technical whitepapers to assist dam safety staff in reviewing/resolving complex technical topics • Provide technical topic training to FERC staff