UNOLS: Management of Marine Technical Support

国家科学基金会招标书15-525要求各机构就联卢观察团技术人员库的管理提出建议。美国国家科学基金会的海洋科学技术服务计划（OCE）为各种海洋研究项目提供海上和岸上支持活动的资金。这种支持通常由学术舰队各运营机构的全职技术人员提供。在支助需求大于现有人员的期间，该机构临时雇用或（从另一个业务机构）借用额外的技术人员。相反，当一个机构的时间表较弱时，技术支持人员的规模不调整，技术人员可能得不到充分利用。国家科学基金与联卢行动办事处的技术支助经理一道，制定了一个程序，使船舶经营机构之间可以交换全职技术人员，而无需承担机构之间发送发票和付款的负担。这一进程的下一步是建立一个全船队的技术人员库，其中一部分海上工作人员由非特定机构的合同人员组成，根据需要加以利用。技术池的目标有两个：？为船队的技术支援经理提供更大的灵活性，以达到陆上和海上的最佳人员配备水平。在预算下降或缩减的情况下，更有效地管理车队的人力资源。NSF意识到许多机构的人力资源政策使得雇佣临时/兼职员工变得困难。通过一个联卢观察团机构雇用非全时合同技术人员将解决这一问题，并为船队的操作人员提供资源。2015年7月30日，一个由4名成员组成的小组召开会议，讨论了提交给海洋学技术服务计划的4份提案，以响应征求NSF 15-525。此次招标涉及联卢观察团海上技术人员库的管理。方案建议将联索特派团技术人员库的主办奖授予德克萨斯农工大学。奖励应该是一个五年的合作协议。最初的预算，以及今年的预算，将在晚些时候谈判，当一个更好的想法，船舶时间表是已知的。因此，以下建议将被拒绝：1543749迈阿密大学1543442斯克里普斯海洋学研究所1542791华盛顿大学1543166德克萨斯a&m大学将被推荐。

NSF Solicitation 15-525 requested proposals from institutions for the Management of the UNOLS Technician Pool. The Technical Services Program in Ocean Sciences (OCE) at NSF provides funding for support activities both at sea and shore-side for a variety of oceanographic research projects. This support is generally provided by the staff of full time technicians at the operating institutions in the Academic Fleet. During periods when the support demands are greater than the available personnel, the institution hires or borrows (from another operating institution) additional technicians on an ad hoc basis. Conversely, when an institution has a weak schedule, the size of the technical support staff does not adjust and technicians may be underutilized. The NSF, in conjunction with the Technical Support Manager at the UNOLS office, has instituted a process whereby the exchange of full-time technicians between Ship Operating Institutions can occur without the burden of sending invoices and payment between institutions. The next step in this process is the establishment of a fleet-wide Technician Pool where a portion of the sea-going workforce is comprised of non-institution-specific, contract personnel that are utilized as needed. The goals of the Tech Pool are two-fold:? To provide the Technical Support Managers in the fleet more flexibility in achieving the optimal staffing levels, both ashore and at sea.? To more efficiently manage the personnel resources in the fleet in the face of level or shrinking budgets.NSF is aware that many institutions have HR policies that make it difficult to hire temporary/part time employees. The hiring of non-full-time, contract technicians through a single UNOLS institution would address this issue and provide a resource for operators in the fleet. A 4-member panel convened on July 30, 2015 to discuss 4 proposals submitted to the Oceanographic Technical Services Program in response to Solicitation NSF 15-525. The solicitation involved the management of the UNOLS Marine Technician Pool.The Program recommends that the award for the hosting of the UNOLS Technician Pool be given to Texas A&M University. The award should be a five-year cooperative agreement. The initial budget, as well as the out year budgets, will be negotiated at a later time when a better idea of the ship schedules are known.The following proposals will therefore be declined:1543749 University of Miami1543442 Scripps Institution of Oceanography1542791 University of Washington.1543166 Texas A&M University will be recommended.