SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-WASC-4-1139
- Response Due
- 7/23/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/7/2004
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
-
randal.w.brown@noaa.gov
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH BLUE OCEAN INSTITUTE (BOI) FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, SW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NMFS). PRUPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO CARRY OUT FIELD-BASED RESEARCH OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES BYCATCH ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR, WITH ONE OPTION YEAR FOR ADDITIONAL MONITORING. THE BIOLOGISTS OF BOI POSSESS OVER TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING SEA TURTLE RESEARCH. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AT BOI HAS COLLABORATED PREVIOUSLY WITH NMFS DURING FIELD RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND IS HIGHLY PROFICIENT AT COLLECTING THE BIOLOGICAL DATA AND TISSUE SAMPLES REQUIRED BY THIS CONTRACT. MOREOVER, THE DESIGN OF FSIHERIES BYCATCH SURVEY WORK IS BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED IN BOI?S PREVIOUS WORK, AND RELIES HEAVILY UPON A NETWORK OF CONTACTS THAT BOI HAS ESTABLISHED. IN ADDITION, BOI IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT FIELD RESEARCH ON LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00616941-W 20040710/040708211758 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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