SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 6/20/2007
- 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-7-555
- Response Due
- 7/5/2007
- Archive Date
- 7/20/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW). PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR EVALUATING WATER FLOW FOR THE NOAA NW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL DEVELOP A SUITE OF PROTOCOLS FOR EVALUATING ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF RESTORING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS IN COLUMBIA RIVER TRIBUTARIES, FOCUSING ON ESTIMATING IMPROVEMENTS TO SALMON POPULATIONS. PROJECT WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON TOOLS THAT RELATE CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW PARAMETERS TO RIVERINE HABITAT, RIPARIAN FUNCTIONS, FISH COMMUNITIES, AND SALMON POPULATIONS. FLOW REGIMES WILL BE ANALYZED AND CLASSIFIED USING EXISTING HYROLOGIC ANALYSIS TOOLS (INDICATOR OF HYDROLOGIC ALTERATION (IHA) SOFTWARE), AND THREE ALTERNATIVE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR RESTORED FLOWS WILL BE DEVELOPED IN EACH WATERSHED. POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO LISTED SALMON POPULATIONS WILL BE SPECIFIED. TOOLS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRADEOFFS INHERENT IN WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE INTERIOR COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. THE RESEARCH TEAM AT THE UW INCLUDES TWO OF THE PIONEERS AND CURRENT WORLD LEADERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW RESEARCH. UW IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT CAN DEVELOP THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE TOOLS. 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
- SN01323335-W 20070622/070620220505 (fbodaily.com)
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