Consulting Flood Hydrologist Services for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Award Notice Consulting Flood Hydrologist Services for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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