SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 5/4/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation 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
- WASC-6-591
- Response Due
- 5/19/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/3/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SCHOOL OF AQUATIC & FISHERIES SCIENCES (UW). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO ASSESS MIGRATION PATTERNS OF CHINOOK SALMON IN THE PUGET SOUND FOR THE NW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN THE MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF MIGRATORY AND RESIDENT CHINOOK SALMON WITHIN PUGET SOUND WATERS WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE SPECIES LISTED AS THREATENED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. IN ADDITION, THIS INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE TROPHIC CONNECTION BETWEEN CHINOOK SALMON AND THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT COMMUNITY OF KILLER WHALES, AND THE LINK BETWEEN ELEVATED CONTAMINANTS CONCENTRATIONS IN RESIDENT CHINOOK SALMON AND THE KILLER WHALES THAT EAT THEM. UW WILL USE PASSIVE AND ACTIVE DETECTIONS OF ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTERS IMPLANTED IN FREE-RANGING CHINOOK SALMON. A NETWORK OF LISTENING STATIONS WILL DETERMINE THE HOME RANGES OF INDIVIDUALS, USE OF SHORELINE AND OPEN WATER HABITATS, MOVEMENT BETWEEN BASINS WITHIN PUGET SOUND AND ACROSS THE BOUNDARY INTO CANADA. UW WILL ALSO USE ACTIVE TRACKING OF A SMALLER NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE MORE PRECISE INFORMATION ON MOVEMENT PATTERNS. DR. TOM QUINN AND HIS STAFF ARE THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT CAN PROVIDE AND DEPLOY THIS NETWORK WITHIIN THE TIME REQUIRED. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS FROM DATE OF AWARD. SOURCES WITH SIMILAR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE MAY SUBMIT SAME IN WRITING FOR REVIEW. INFORMATION SUBMITTED WILL ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE IF A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A RESPONSE WHICH SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY.
- Record
- SN01040819-W 20060506/060504220501 (fbodaily.com)
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