diff --git a/docker/main/dataservice/Dockerfile b/docker/main/dataservice/Dockerfile
index 804e4e2c1..113bd53b2 100644
--- a/docker/main/dataservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/main/dataservice/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG docker_internal_registry
 ################################################################################################################
-FROM ${docker_internal_registry}/dmod-py-sources as sources
+FROM ${docker_internal_registry}/dmod-py-sources:latest as sources
 
 ################################################################################################################
 FROM python:3.8-alpine3.15
diff --git a/docker/main/ngen/entrypoint.sh b/docker/main/ngen/entrypoint.sh
index 239b7fd88..b9f568935 100755
--- a/docker/main/ngen/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/main/ngen/entrypoint.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ OUTPUT_DATASET_NAME="${5:?}"
 HYDROFABRIC_DATASET_NAME="${6:?}"
 REALIZATION_CONFIG_DATASET_NAME="${7:?}"
 BMI_CONFIG_DATASET_NAME="${8:?}"
-PARTITION_DATASET_NAME="${9:?}"
+# Don't require a partitioning config when only using a single node
+if [ ${MPI_NODE_COUNT:?} -gt 1 ]; then
+    PARTITION_DATASET_NAME="${9:?No argument for partition config dataset when expecting one for MPI-based job}"
+fi
 
 ACCESS_KEY_SECRET="object_store_exec_user_name"
 SECRET_KEY_SECRET="object_store_exec_user_passwd"
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@ fi
 
 MPI_RUN="mpirun"
 #NGEN_EXECUTABLE="ngen"
+NGEN_SERIAL_EXECUTABLE="/ngen/ngen/cmake_build_serial/ngen"
+NGEN_PARALLEL_EXECUTABLE="/ngen/ngen/cmake_build_parallel/ngen"
+# This will be symlinked to the parallel one currently
 NGEN_EXECUTABLE="/ngen/ngen/cmake_build/ngen"
 
 ALL_DATASET_DIR="/dmod/datasets"
@@ -43,7 +49,10 @@ OUTPUT_DATASET_DIR="${ALL_DATASET_DIR}/output/${OUTPUT_DATASET_NAME}"
 HYDROFABRIC_DATASET_DIR="${ALL_DATASET_DIR}/hydrofabric/${HYDROFABRIC_DATASET_NAME}"
 REALIZATION_CONFIG_DATASET_DIR="${ALL_DATASET_DIR}/config/${REALIZATION_CONFIG_DATASET_NAME}"
 BMI_CONFIG_DATASET_DIR="${ALL_DATASET_DIR}/config/${BMI_CONFIG_DATASET_NAME}"
-PARTITION_DATASET_DIR="${ALL_DATASET_DIR}/config/${PARTITION_DATASET_NAME}"
+# Don't require a partitioning dataset when only using a single node
+if [ ${MPI_NODE_COUNT:?} -gt 1 ]; then
+    PARTITION_DATASET_DIR="${ALL_DATASET_DIR}/config/${PARTITION_DATASET_NAME:?No partition config dataset name for directory}"
+fi
 
 RUN_SENTINEL="/home/${MPI_USER}/.run_sentinel"
 
@@ -127,10 +136,32 @@ exec_main_worker_ngen_run()
     return ${NGEN_RETURN}
 }
 
+exec_serial_ngen_run()
+{
+    echo "$(print_date) Skipping host checks since job uses ${MPI_NODE_COUNT} worker hosts and framework will run serially"
+
+    # Execute the model on the linked data
+    echo "$(print_date) Executing serial build of ngen"
+    ${NGEN_SERIAL_EXECUTABLE:?} ${HYDROFABRIC_DATASET_DIR}/catchment_data.geojson "" \
+        ${HYDROFABRIC_DATASET_DIR}/nexus_data.geojson "" \
+        ${REALIZATION_CONFIG_DATASET_DIR}/realization_config.json
+
+    #Capture the return value to use as service exit code
+    NGEN_RETURN=$?
+
+    echo "$(print_date) serial ngen command finished with return value: ${NGEN_RETURN}"
+
+    # Exit with the model's exit code
+    return ${NGEN_RETURN}
+}
+
 # Sanity check that the output, hydrofabric, and config datasets are available (i.e., their directories are in place)
 check_for_dataset_dir "${REALIZATION_CONFIG_DATASET_DIR}"
 check_for_dataset_dir "${BMI_CONFIG_DATASET_DIR}"
-check_for_dataset_dir "${PARTITION_DATASET_DIR}"
+# Don't require a partitioning dataset when only using a single node
+if [ ${MPI_NODE_COUNT:?} -gt 1 ]; then
+    check_for_dataset_dir "${PARTITION_DATASET_DIR:?No partition dataset directory defined}"
+fi
 check_for_dataset_dir "${HYDROFABRIC_DATASET_DIR}"
 check_for_dataset_dir "${OUTPUT_DATASET_DIR}"
 
@@ -139,7 +170,11 @@ cd ${OUTPUT_DATASET_DIR}
 
 if [ "${WORKER_INDEX}" = "0" ]; then
     if [ "$(whoami)" = "${MPI_USER}" ]; then
-        exec_main_worker_ngen_run
+        if [ ${MPI_NODE_COUNT:-1} -gt 1 ]; then
+            exec_main_worker_ngen_run
+        else
+            exec_serial_ngen_run
+        fi
     else
         echo "$(print_date) Starting SSH daemon on main worker"
         /usr/sbin/sshd -D &
diff --git a/docker/py-sources/py-sources.Dockerfile b/docker/py-sources/py-sources.Dockerfile
index 9e015ad6e..3d190d092 100644
--- a/docker/py-sources/py-sources.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/py-sources/py-sources.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG docker_internal_registry
-FROM ${docker_internal_registry}/dmod-py-deps as basis
+FROM ${docker_internal_registry}/dmod-py-deps:latest as basis
 # Copy these needed for sourced functions used by build scripts in later stages
 RUN mkdir -p /dmod/scripts/shared
 COPY ./scripts/dist_package.sh /dmod/scripts
diff --git a/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/_version.py b/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/_version.py
index e754a834e..f323a57be 100644
--- a/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/_version.py
+++ b/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.10.1'
+__version__ = '0.11.0'
diff --git a/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/maas_request/ngen/ngen_request.py b/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/maas_request/ngen/ngen_request.py
index 074045370..b1745952f 100644
--- a/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/maas_request/ngen/ngen_request.py
+++ b/python/lib/communication/dmod/communication/maas_request/ngen/ngen_request.py
@@ -219,13 +219,15 @@ def data_requirements(self) -> List[DataRequirement]:
         List[DataRequirement]
             List of all the explicit and implied data requirements for this request.
         """
-        return [
+        requirements = [
             self.bmi_cfg_data_requirement,
             self.forcing_data_requirement,
             self.hydrofabric_data_requirement,
-            self.partition_cfg_data_requirement,
             self.realization_cfg_data_requirement,
         ]
+        if self.use_parallel_ngen:
+            requirements.append(self.partition_cfg_data_requirement)
+        return requirements
 
     @property
     def bmi_config_data_id(self) -> str:
@@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ def forcing_data_requirement(self) -> DataRequirement:
         if self._forcing_data_requirement is None:
             # TODO: going to need to address the CSV usage later
             forcing_domain = DataDomain(
+                # TODO: come back to this to change to other type
                 data_format=DataFormat.AORC_CSV,
                 continuous_restrictions=[self._time_range],
                 discrete_restrictions=[self._gen_catchments_domain_restriction()],
@@ -357,6 +360,54 @@ def hydrofabric_uid(self) -> str:
         """
         return self._hydrofabric_uid
 
+    @property
+    def use_parallel_ngen(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Whether this request specifies to use the variant of the NextGen framework compiled for parallel execution.
+
+        NextGen may be compiled to execute either serially or using parallelization.  DMOD and its NextGen job workers
+        can now support either.  This property indicates whether this request indicates that parallel execution should
+        be used.
+
+        In the current implementation, this property is ``True`` IFF ::method:`use_serial_ngen` is ``False``.  Note that
+        this will result in CPU counts of ``0`` or negative numbers, if they were to occur, also resulting in this
+        returning ``True``.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+            Whether this request specifies parallel NextGen execution for the job.
+
+        See Also
+        -------
+        use_serial_ngen
+        """
+        return not self.use_serial_ngen
+
+    @property
+    def use_serial_ngen(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Whether this request specifies to use the variant of the NextGen framework compiled for serial execution.
+
+        NextGen may be compiled to execute either serially or using parallelization.  DMOD and its NextGen job workers
+        can now support either.  This property indicates whether this request indicates that serially execution should
+        be used.
+
+        In the current implementation, this property is ``True`` IFF the request required a CPU count of exactly ``1``.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+            Whether this request specifies serial NextGen execution for the job.
+
+        See Also
+        -------
+        use_parallel_ngen
+        """
+        return self.cpu_count == 1
+
+
+
     @property
     def output_formats(self) -> List[DataFormat]:
         """
@@ -387,16 +438,16 @@ def partition_cfg_data_id(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self._part_config_data_id
 
     @property
-    def partition_cfg_data_requirement(self) -> DataRequirement:
+    def partition_cfg_data_requirement(self) -> Optional[DataRequirement]:
         """
         A requirement object defining of the partitioning configuration data needed to execute this request.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        DataRequirement
-            A requirement object defining of the partitioning configuration data needed to execute this request.
+        Optional[DataRequirement]
+            Requirement object defining of the partitioning configuration data needed to execute this request.
         """
-        if self._partition_cfg_data_requirement is None:
+        if self._partition_cfg_data_requirement is None and self.use_parallel_ngen:
             d_restricts = []
 
             # Add restriction on hydrofabric
diff --git a/python/lib/communication/dmod/test/test_ngen_request.py b/python/lib/communication/dmod/test/test_ngen_request.py
index b26aee074..53528e086 100644
--- a/python/lib/communication/dmod/test/test_ngen_request.py
+++ b/python/lib/communication/dmod/test/test_ngen_request.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import unittest
 from ..communication.maas_request import NGENRequest, NGENRequestResponse
 from ..test.test_ngen_request_response import TestNGENRequestResponse
-from dmod.core.meta_data import TimeRange
+from dmod.core.meta_data import DataFormat, TimeRange
 
 
 class TestNGENRequest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -95,6 +95,39 @@ def create_time_range(begin, end, var=None) -> TimeRange:
                         bmi_cfg_data_id='02468',
                         catchments=cat_ids_list))
 
+        # Example 2 - like example 0, but with a CPU count of 1 (which should not require partitioning)
+        time_range = create_time_range('2022-01-01 00:00:00', '2022-03-01 00:00:00')
+        cpu_count_ex_2 = 1
+        self.time_ranges.append(time_range)
+        self.request_strings.append(
+            '{"model": {"allocation_paradigm": "SINGLE_NODE", "bmi_config_data_id": "02468", "config_data_id": "02468", '
+            '"cpu_count": ' + str(cpu_count_ex_2) + ', "hydrofabric_data_id": "9876543210", '
+            '"hydrofabric_uid": "0123456789", "name": "ngen", "time_range": ' + time_range.to_json() + '}, '
+            '"session-secret": "f21f27ac3d443c0948aab924bddefc64891c455a756ca77a4d86ec2f697cd13c"}'
+        )
+        self.request_jsons.append({
+            'model': {
+                'name': 'ngen',
+                'allocation_paradigm': 'SINGLE_NODE',
+                'cpu_count': cpu_count_ex_2,
+                'time_range': time_range.to_dict(),
+                'hydrofabric_data_id': '9876543210',
+                'hydrofabric_uid': '0123456789',
+                'bmi_config_data_id': '02468',
+                'config_data_id': '02468'
+            },
+            'session-secret': 'f21f27ac3d443c0948aab924bddefc64891c455a756ca77a4d86ec2f697cd13c'
+        })
+        self.request_objs.append(
+            NGENRequest(session_secret='f21f27ac3d443c0948aab924bddefc64891c455a756ca77a4d86ec2f697cd13c',
+                        cpu_count=cpu_count_ex_2,
+                        allocation_paradigm='SINGLE_NODE',
+                        time_range=time_range,
+                        hydrofabric_uid="0123456789",
+                        hydrofabric_data_id='9876543210',
+                        bmi_cfg_data_id='02468',
+                        config_data_id='02468'))
+
     def test_factory_init_from_deserialized_json_0_a(self):
         """
         Assert that :meth:`NGENRequest.factory_init_from_deserialized_json` produces an equal object to the
@@ -142,6 +175,28 @@ def test_factory_init_correct_response_subtype_1_a(self):
         obj = NGENRequest.factory_init_correct_response_subtype(json_obj)
         self.assertEqual(obj.__class__, NGENRequestResponse)
 
+    def test_data_requirements_0_a(self):
+        example_index = 0
+        obj = self.request_objs[example_index]
+        self.assertIsNotNone(obj.partition_cfg_data_requirement)
+
+    def test_data_requirements_0_b(self):
+        example_index = 0
+        obj = self.request_objs[example_index]
+        partition_reqs = [r for r in obj.data_requirements if r.domain.data_format == DataFormat.NGEN_PARTITION_CONFIG]
+        self.assertEqual(len(partition_reqs), 1)
+
+    def test_data_requirements_2_a(self):
+        example_index = 2
+        obj = self.request_objs[example_index]
+        self.assertIsNone(obj.partition_cfg_data_requirement)
+
+    def test_data_requirements_2_b(self):
+        example_index = 2
+        obj = self.request_objs[example_index]
+        partition_reqs = [r for r in obj.data_requirements if r.domain.data_format == DataFormat.NGEN_PARTITION_CONFIG]
+        self.assertEqual(len(partition_reqs), 0)
+
     def test_to_dict_0_a(self):
         """
         Assert that the example object at the 0th index serializes to a dict as expected by comparing to the pre-set
diff --git a/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/_version.py b/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/_version.py
index 1f0478037..9d1bb721b 100644
--- a/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/_version.py
+++ b/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.9.2'
+__version__ = '0.10.0'
diff --git a/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/scheduler.py b/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/scheduler.py
index 87f771bb3..1382009ce 100644
--- a/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/scheduler.py
+++ b/python/lib/scheduler/dmod/scheduler/scheduler.py
@@ -418,9 +418,20 @@ def _generate_docker_cmd_args(self, job: 'Job', worker_index: int) -> List[str]:
             docker_cmd_args.append(bmi_config_dataset_names[0])
 
             # $9 is the name of the partition config dataset (which will imply a directory location)
-            partition_config_dataset_names = self._ds_names_helper(job, worker_index, DataCategory.CONFIG, max_count=1,
-                                                                   data_format=DataFormat.NGEN_PARTITION_CONFIG)
-            docker_cmd_args.append(partition_config_dataset_names[0])
+            # TODO: this probably will eventually break things if $10 is added for calibration config dataset
+            # TODO: need to overhaul entrypoint for ngen and ngen-calibration images with flag-based args
+            if job.cpu_count > 1:
+                partition_config_dataset_names = self._ds_names_helper(job, worker_index, DataCategory.CONFIG,
+                                                                       max_count=1,
+                                                                       data_format=DataFormat.NGEN_PARTITION_CONFIG)
+                docker_cmd_args.append(partition_config_dataset_names[0])
+
+            # $10 is the name of the calibration config dataset (which will imply a directory location)
+            # TODO: this *might* need to be added depending on how we decide to handle calibration
+            # configs. meaning if they are datasets or not.
+            # calibration_config_dataset_names = self._ds_names_helper(job, worker_index, DataCategory.CONFIG, max_count=1,
+            #                                                     data_format=DataFormat.NGEN_CAL_CONFIG)
+            # docker_cmd_args.append(calibration_config_dataset_names[0])
 
             # Also do a sanity check here to ensure there is at least one forcing dataset
             self._ds_names_helper(job, worker_index, DataCategory.FORCING)
@@ -492,7 +503,6 @@ def determine_image_for_job(self, job: 'Job') -> str:
         """
         if isinstance(job.model_request, NGENRequest):
             return "127.0.0.1:5000/ngen:latest"
-        # For now, this is the only thing supported
         else:
             msg = "Unable to determine correct scheduler image for job {} with request of {} type"
             raise DmodRuntimeError(msg.format(job.job_id, job.model_request.__class__.__name__))
diff --git a/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/_version.py b/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/_version.py
index b703f5c96..9bdd4d277 100644
--- a/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/_version.py
+++ b/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.4.1'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '0.5.0'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/service.py b/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/service.py
index 04e1fa0af..88c362496 100644
--- a/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/service.py
+++ b/python/services/dataservice/dmod/dataservice/service.py
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ async def manage_required_data_checks(self):
                     logging.info("All required data for {} is available.".format(job.job_id))
                     # Before moving to next successful step, also create output datasets and requirement entries
                     self._create_output_datasets(job)
-                    job.status_step = JobExecStep.AWAITING_PARTITIONING
+                    job.status_step = JobExecStep.AWAITING_PARTITIONING if job.cpu_count > 1 else JobExecStep.AWAITING_ALLOCATION
                 else:
                     logging.error("Some or all required data for {} is unprovideable.".format(job.job_id))
                     job.status_step = JobExecStep.DATA_UNPROVIDEABLE
diff --git a/python/services/dataservice/setup.py b/python/services/dataservice/setup.py
index b839e55c9..5e83ded8b 100644
--- a/python/services/dataservice/setup.py
+++ b/python/services/dataservice/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     author_email='',
     url='',
     license='',
-    install_requires=['dmod-core>=0.3.0', 'dmod-communication>=0.7.1', 'dmod-scheduler>=0.7.0', 'dmod-modeldata>=0.9.0',
+    install_requires=['dmod-core>=0.3.0', 'dmod-communication>=0.11.0', 'dmod-scheduler>=0.10.0', 'dmod-modeldata>=0.9.0',
                       'redis'],
     packages=find_namespace_packages(exclude=['dmod.test', 'deprecated', 'conf', 'schemas', 'ssl', 'src'])
 )
diff --git a/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/_version.py b/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/_version.py
index fb13a3556..9dd16a345 100644
--- a/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/_version.py
+++ b/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.2.1'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '0.2.2'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/service.py b/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/service.py
index e57dd81cf..1fb244122 100644
--- a/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/service.py
+++ b/python/services/partitionerservice/dmod/partitionerservice/service.py
@@ -454,6 +454,12 @@ async def manage_job_partitioning(self):
 
             for job in [j for j in self._job_util.get_all_active_jobs() if
                         j.status_step == JobExecStep.AWAITING_PARTITIONING]:
+
+                if job.cpu_count == 1:
+                    logging.warning("No need to partition job {} with only 1 CPU allocated".format(job.job_id))
+                    job.status_step = JobExecStep.AWAITING_ALLOCATION
+                    continue
+
                 logging.info("Processing partitioning for active job {}".format(job.job_id))
                 try:
                     # See if there is already an existing dataset to use for this
diff --git a/python/services/requestservice/dmod/requestservice/_version.py b/python/services/requestservice/dmod/requestservice/_version.py
index f93e0653b..83e147c62 100644
--- a/python/services/requestservice/dmod/requestservice/_version.py
+++ b/python/services/requestservice/dmod/requestservice/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.5.2'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '0.6.0'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/services/requestservice/setup.py b/python/services/requestservice/setup.py
index fafbc703d..08fd704e7 100644
--- a/python/services/requestservice/setup.py
+++ b/python/services/requestservice/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     author_email='',
     url='',
     license='',
-    install_requires=['websockets', 'dmod-core>=0.1.0', 'dmod-communication>=0.7.0', 'dmod-access>=0.2.0',
+    install_requires=['websockets', 'dmod-core>=0.1.0', 'dmod-communication>=0.11.0', 'dmod-access>=0.2.0',
                       'dmod-externalrequests>=0.3.0'],
     packages=find_namespace_packages(exclude=['dmod.test', 'schemas', 'ssl', 'src'])
 )
diff --git a/python/services/schedulerservice/dmod/schedulerservice/_version.py b/python/services/schedulerservice/dmod/schedulerservice/_version.py
index 7320e64e1..ccf9e6286 100644
--- a/python/services/schedulerservice/dmod/schedulerservice/_version.py
+++ b/python/services/schedulerservice/dmod/schedulerservice/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.7.1'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '0.8.0'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/services/schedulerservice/setup.py b/python/services/schedulerservice/setup.py
index df2b72527..d602afb64 100644
--- a/python/services/schedulerservice/setup.py
+++ b/python/services/schedulerservice/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     author_email='',
     url='',
     license='',
-    install_requires=['dmod-core>=0.2.0', 'dmod-communication>=0.8.0', 'dmod-scheduler>=0.9.0'],
+    install_requires=['dmod-core>=0.2.0', 'dmod-communication>=0.11.0', 'dmod-scheduler>=0.10.0'],
     packages=find_namespace_packages(exclude=['dmod.test', 'deprecated', 'conf', 'schemas', 'ssl', 'src'])
     )