SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Cataloguing of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands marine invertebrates housed at the Bishop Museum collected from NWHI-RAMP activities
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation 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
- WASC-6-0776
- Response Due
- 6/22/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/7/2006
- Description
- NOAA's Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve has a requirement for cataloguing of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands marine invertebrates. Background - The National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP), established in 1972 by the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) and administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), protects a network of 13 special marine and freshwater areas. The goal of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act is to set aside and manage areas for resource protection, research, enhanced public education, and compatible public and private uses. Management activities for each sanctuary are detailed in site-specific management plans which outline regulatory goals, describe boundaries, identify staffing and budget needs, and set priorities and performance measures for resource protection, research, and education programs. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (Reserve) was established by Executive Order 13176 on December 4, 2000 to ensure the comprehensive, strong, and lasting protection of the coral reef ecosystem and related marine resources and species of the region. These waters contain a large portion of all coral reefs found in the United States? jurisdiction and support more than 7,000 marine species, of which one quarter are unique to the Hawaiian Islands chain. The 1200-mile stretch of remote islands, atolls and reefs, is also the most remote archipelago in the world. In 2001, NOAA initiated a process to consider designating the waters surrounding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) as a National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary designation process, combined with NOAA?s goal to manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem approaches to management, requires an integrated approach to resource management that does not focus on a single species or activity, but considers the ecosystem as a whole. In October of 2002 the NOAA vessel Townsend Cromwell and the chartered vessel Rapture provided logistical support for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Rapid Assessment and Monitoring Program (NOW-RAMP). The focus of the expedition was to assess the condition and health of the remote coral reef ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). A total of 57 days were spent collecting data from 11 islands, shoals, and banks encompassing 1200 miles. A total of 204 rapid ecological assessments were conducted by three teams throughout the expedition, with hundreds of marine invertebrate specimens being collected. Field notes were recorded from the wealth of habitats present in the NWHI and specimens (with associated field observations) were obtained for all specific collection localities. This expedition represents the largest to date to collect marine invertebrate specimens from the NWHI. This material and smaller scale collections from following years is currently housed at the Bishop Museum. The identification of this material began in 2004 with focused funding by the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (NWHICRER). The goal was to create an inventory of marine invertebrate fauna associated with the NWHI, of which mollusks, echinoderms, and bryozoans have been completed. This inventory process will continue under other contractual agreements that are in place but an integral step is the cataloging of all material, both identified and unidentified. A rough estimation of the number of lots is 3500, with an estimated 6000 individual specimens. The goal of this project is to provide an archival database for all material in this collection. Develop and standardize a collection database for the purpose of cataloging all identified and unidentified material. The period of performance is 12 months from the start of the contract (projected to be September 1, 2006 through September 1, 2007. All responsible sources may submit a bid for consideration. All interested parties must respond to this announcement within fifteen (15) calendar days of its publication. All responses must be in writing to the attention: melvin.n.fondue@noaa.gov. This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $100,000
- Place of Performance
- Address: Honolulu, Hawaii
- Record
- SN01063957-W 20060609/060607220824 (fbodaily.com)
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