SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2007
- 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 Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-7-488
- Response Due
- 6/19/2007
- Archive Date
- 7/4/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSIOON (CRITFC). UNDER PROPOSED CONTRACT, CRITFC WILL DEVELOP AN ALTERNATE MODEL AND USER NEWER GENETIC STOCK IDENTIFICATION AND CODED-WIRE TAG DATA. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY AND PRECISION OF THE PACIFIC SALMON COMMISSION CHINOOK TECHNICAL COMMITTEE?S MODEL, VENDOR WILL DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL THAT USES NEWER INFORMATION (GSI BASED STOCK COMPOSITION DATA) AND OLDER INFORMATION (CWT BASED DATA) TO ESTIMATE OVERALL ABUNDANCE IN ABSOLUTE TERMS. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 7/1/2007 ? 6/30/2008. THE U.S. COMMISSIONERS INVITED FISHERY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND TRIBAL MANAGEMENT GROUPS TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS THAT WOULD PROVIDE NEW INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR CHINOOK SALMON ABUNDANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT. THEY ALSO DIRECTED THE U.S. CHINOOK TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (CTC) TO REVIEW THESE PROPOSALS TO DETERMINE IF THEY MET PROGRAM NEEDS AND WERE TECHNICALLY SOUND. THE COMMISSIONERS RECOMMENDED A SERIES OF PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING, INCLUDING A PROPOSAL FROM THE CRITFC TO DEVELOP A CATCH AT AGE MODEL THAT INCORPORATES BOTH CODED-WIRE TAG DATA AND GENETIC STOCK IDENTIFICATION DATA FOR MANAGEMENT PURPOSES. THIS WORK RELATES TO A PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT CRITFC COMPLETED AND CAN ONLY BE COMPLETED BY VENDOR INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH A VERY COMPLEX CTC MODEL. CRITFC STAFF HAVE WORKED WITH THE CTC MODEL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND SERVE ON THE CTC?S ANALYTICAL WORK GROUP, AND ARE THUS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE TO COMPLETE PROPOSED CONTRACT. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01309459-W 20070606/070604220151 (fbodaily.com)
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