The National Ocean Service (NOS) is conducting market research to understand capabilities of open-source, community-supported oceanographic models to evaluate and select an optimal set of core model codes for NOAA’s mission. This effort aims to reduce resource dilution from supporting multiple software packages and to incorporate advances in computing infrastructure, data integration, and non-physics-based prediction methodologies like AI/ML. The evaluation will target current core codes (ADCIRC, SCHISM, FVCOM, ROMS) as well as emerging models from academia and private industry. No specific budget amounts, performance location, or submission timelines are mentioned in the description. Interested parties should complete the linked Google Form to respond.