SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 4/25/2005
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting 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-5-612
- Response Due
- 5/11/2005
- Archive Date
- 5/26/2005
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE (CRC) FOR THE NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO COLLECT FISH SCALE SAMPLES OR OTHER REMAINS FROM SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALE PREDATION ACTIVITIES. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL COLLECT FISH SCALE SAMPLES, OTHER REMAINS, OR RELATED SAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALE PREDATION EVENTS IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA. SAMPLING WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING SUMMER 2005. THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL RECORD SAMPLING EFFORT DATA AND BEHAVIORAL DATA OF WHALES BASED ON BEHAVIOR PROTOCOL DEVELOPED AT THE SPRING 2004 BEHAVIORAL DATA WORKSHOP. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL RECORD THE LOCATION AS WELL AS THE ID OF THE WHALE INVOLVED AND BEHAVIORAL CUES. DR. ROBIN BAIRD AT CRC IS THE ONLY KNOWN INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT THIS RESEARCH. HE PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED AND IS ANALYZING TIME-DEPTH-RECORDER (TDR) DATA FOR THE NWFSC TO DETERMINE THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES. COLLECTING REMAINS OF KILLER WHALE PREY IS A CRITICAL PART OF INTERPRETING THE TDR DATA. DR. BAIRD HAS COLLECTED PREY REMAINS PREVIOUSLY, AND POSSESSES KNOWLEDGE OF KILLER WHALE BEHAVIOR. ANALYSES OF THESE DATA ARE CRITICAL FOR MANAGEMENT ISSUES OF KILLER WHALES IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION MAY BE DIRECTED TO RANDALL BROWN. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A PROPOSAL WHICH SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00795007-W 20050427/050425211659 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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