SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2004
- 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-4-1179
- Response Due
- 7/30/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/14/2004
- 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 THE PFLEGER INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (PIER) FOR THE CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY (CINMS). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO QUANTIFY HABITAT-SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS OF ACOUSTICALLY TAGGED KELP BASS AND CALIFORNIA SHEEPHEAD INSIDE AND OUT OF THE ANACAPA STATE MARINE RESERVE (ASMR) AND THE SANTA BARBARA ISLAND STATE MARINE RESERVE (SBIMR). THE FISHES? MOVEMENT WILL BE QUANTIFIED USING ACOUSTIC RECEIVER ARRAY THAT IS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED AROUND BOTH ISLANDS. SITE FIDELITY OF FISHES TAGGED WITHIN EACH RESERVE WILL BE QUANTIFIED OVER TWO YEARS TO ASSESS RESERVE EFFICACY IN PROTECTING THESE SPECIES. THE SPILLOVER OF FISHES FROM WITHIN THE RESERVES INTO SURROUNDING FISHED AREAS WILL ALSO BE QUANTIFIED TO ASSESS THE ROLE OF THE TWO RESERVES IN SUPPORTING FISHERIES BEYOND THEIR BOUNDARIES. THIS PROJECT DEPENDS UPON USE OF AN ARRAY OF ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS PLACED AROUND THE ISLANDS TO TRACK THE MOVEMENT OF TAGGED FISH. THE ONLY SUCH ARRAY IS OPERATED BY PIER, WHICH HAS INSTALLED AN ACOUSTIC RECEIVER ARRAY AT THE ISLANDS OF ANACAPA AND SANTA BARBARA, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS DEPLOYED AT THE ISLANDS OF SANTA CRUZ AND CATALINA. NO OTHER ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY HAS SUCH AN ARRAY IN PLACE AROUND THE ISLANDS THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00623871-W 20040717/040716103240 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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