SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Notice of Intent to Make a Sole Source Award to University of Alberta, Canada
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2005
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Minerals Management Service 381 Elden St., POB, MS2510 HERNDON VA 20170
- ZIP Code
- 20170
- Solicitation Number
- DOI-SNOTE-050307-001
- Archive Date
- 3/7/2006
- Description
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS), Procurement Operations Branch, is the contracting office for this procurement. The purpose of this notice is to announce the intent to award a contract on a sole source basis to the University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, AB Canada, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. MMS anticipates awarding a contract to the University of Alberta for a study entitled "Populations and Sources of Recruitment in Polar Bears." It is anticipated that this study will be conducted in collaboration with an internationally acclaimed polar bear biologist from the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), also based in Alberta. The University and the CWS will provide all funding, expertise, permits and logistical resources needed to perform the study which will instrument juvenile polar bears, found along the Canadian Beaufort Sea in Western Canada, with GPS satellite transmitters, and monitor them until they establish breeding home ranges to study natal dispersal. This work is to be closely coordinated with remote villages and subsistence Natives near the study site. It is anticipated this study will monitor the polar bear movements and will continue for five years, with the first year funded in an amount of $250,000. This is NOT a request for competitive quotes. This notice of intent is for informational purposes only. However, any information received by the POC listed below, by close of business March 25, 2005, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. POC: Debra Bridge, MMS, Procurement Operations Branch, 381 Elden Street, MS-2500, Herndon, VA 20170. Questions must be emailed to debra.bridge@mms.gov or faxed to Debra Bridge at (703) 787-1041. PHONE CALLS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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- Record
- SN00763948-W 20050309/050307211928 (fbodaily.com)
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