SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE
- Notice Date
- 7/20/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting 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
- AKR-7-008
- Response Due
- 8/3/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME FOR NOAA FISHERIES, ALASKA REGION. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS FOR TWO TASKS: TASK 1 IS TO SUMMARIZE BELUGA WHALE DIET DATA FROM STOMACH CONTENTS AND COMPARE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE DIET TO DIETS OF OTHER BELUGA STOCKS AND TASK 2 IS TO ANALYZE STRANDED & HARVESTED MARINE MAMMAL STOMACHS. THE CONTRACTOR?S SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR TASK 1 ARE TO: 1) SUMMARIZE BELUGA WHALE DIET DATA FROM STOMACH CONTENTS. DATA FROM STOMACHS ANALYZED BY ADF&G TO DATE AND OTHERS THAT ARE RECEIVED IN 2007 WILL BE SUMMARIZED AND THE RESULTS PRESENTED AS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FISH OR INVERTEBRATES REPRESENTED BY EACH TAXON (PERCENT NUMBER) AND BY THE PERCENT OF ALL STOMACHS THAT CONTAIN A PARTICULAR ITEM (PERCENT FREQUENCY). UNPUBLISHED DATA FROM REPORTS AND PREVIOUS ANALYSES HELD BY NMFS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY. 2) COMPARE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE DIET TO THE DIET OF OTHER BELUGA STOCKS. WE WILL COMPARE OUR RESULTS TO THE LITERATURE IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW COOK INLET BELUGA DIET DIFFERS FROM THE DIET OF OTHER BELUGA STOCKS. THE CONTRACTOR?S SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR TASK 2 ARE TO: 1) ANALYZE THE STOMACH CONTENTS OF RELATIVELY FRESH HARVESTED AND STRANDED CETACEANS AND PINNIPEDS, CONCENTRATING ON THE PROPOSED ENDANGERED COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE. 2) STOMACHS WILL BE THAWED AND CONTENTS WILL BE SORTED MACROSCOPICALLY. CONTENTS WILL BE GENTLY RINSED IN FRESHWATER IN A 1.0 MM SCREEN ABOVE A 0.42 MM SCREEN. PREY ITEMS WILL BE SORTED INTO MAJOR TAXONOMIC GROUPS AND WEIGHTED TO NEAREST 1.0 GRAM. VOLUME WILL BE MEASURED TO THE NEAREST 1 ML USING WATER DISPLACEMENT. FISH WILL BE IDENTIFIED TO THE LOWEST TAXONOMIC LEVEL POSSIBLE USING OTOLITHS AND BONES. INVERTEBRATE HARD PARTS WILL BE IDENTIFIED TO SPECIES IF POSSIBLE. ITEMS THAT CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH CERTAINTY BY THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE SENT TO PACIFIC IDENTIFICATIONS, INC., VANCOUVER B.C. (FISH) OR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE. SECTION 402(D) OF THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT AUTHORIZES THE USE OF SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF ALASKA. SECTION 402(D) STATES IN PART?.?CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE SECRETARY MAY PROVIDE A GRANT, CONTRACT, OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ON A SOLE-SOURCE BASIS TO A STATE, COUNCIL, OR MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT INFORMATION COLLECTION OR OTHER PROGRAMS?? PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS FOR AUGUST 4, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2009. NOTWITHSTANDING THE GOVERNMENTS INTENT TO NEGOTIATE THIS REQUIREMENT WITH THE PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERY COMMISSION., UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF 41 USC253(C)(5), AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED BY STATUTE, ANY OTHER RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE WHICH, IF TIMELY RECEIVED, WILL BE EVALUATED BY NOAA TO DETERMINE IF A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION SHOULD BE ISSUED. RESPONSES MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY 30, 2007. RESPONSES MAY BE FAXED TO (907) 586-8726 OR E-MAILED TO SUZANNE.JOHNSTON@NOAA.GOV. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS PROPOSED ACQUISITION MAY BE DIRECTED TO SUZANNE JOHNSTON. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED TOTAL AWARD VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000
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