SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Migration patterns and residence of Chinook salmon in Puget Sound
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2007
- 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
- WASC-7-8337
- Response Due
- 8/9/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2007
- Description
- This requirement is being procured in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The office of NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) located in Seattle, WA intends to negotiate a sole source contract with the University of Washington for migration patterns and residence of Chinook salmon in Puget Sound. Introduction The Puget Sound Chinook salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit is listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and better knowledge of their migration patterns is critical for optimizing use of habitat restoration funds, and for fishery management and enhancement efforts. Most Puget Sound Chinook are ?ocean-type?, migrating to sea as juveniles in their first year of life (Healey 1991), and feeding in the coastal waters from Washington to Alaska ((Myers et al. 1998). However, anglers and fishery managers have long recognized that some ?resident? Chinook salmon, locally known as blackmouth, (Pressey 1953), remain within Puget Sound in the late fall, winter and spring. These resident Chinook salmon have been largely ignored by scientists, who have tended to study those exhibiting the more typical migration to the coastal or open ocean zone for feeding (Healey and Groot 1987; Quinn and Myers 2004). Preliminary analysis of coded wire tag (CWT) data suggested a seasonal, north-south movement by immature Chinook within the Georgia Basin (Brannon and Setter 1989). Subsequent analysis indicates that many (on the order of 25% or more) of the Puget Sound Chinook salmon exhibit this behavior in some years (O?Neill, in prep.), and that the proportion of residents varies greatly among populations (Quinn, unpublished data). Resident Chinook salmon will differ greatly from migratory ones in their vulnerability to local, Canadian, and Alaskan fisheries, and so a better understanding of this behavior pattern will be very useful for management. In addition, significant efforts and being expended and planned for restoration of the Puget Sound nearshore area, and the extent to which different habitats are used by sub-adult as well as juvenile Chinook salmon will help prioritize these efforts. In addition, recent evidence has indicated that resident Chinook salmon have much higher levels of persistent organic pollutants (e.g., PCBs) than coastal migrants (O?Neill et al., in prep.). Concentration of contaminants apparently takes place through the pelagic food web (O?Neill et al., in prep.), not during freshwater rearing. Consumption of residents constitutes a risk to humans (draft Department of Health report) and has been identified by NOAA-Fisheries as a likely factor contributing to the jeopardy of killer whales (Krahn et al. 2004). Thus improved understanding of the resident behavior patterns will have ramifications for salmon conservation, the health of humans and marine mammals, and will contribute to the NOAA-Fisheries goal of developing a holistic understanding of the Puget Sound ecosystem. This work will increase our understanding of movement patterns & resident Chinook salmon within Puget Sound waters & the trophic connection between Chinook salmon and the southern resident community of killer whales as well as the link between elevated contaminants in resident Chinook salmon and the killer whales that eat them. This work will use passive & active detections of ultrasonic transmitters implanted in free-ranging Chinook salmon and a network of listening stations. The period of performance is from date of award through September 30, 2008. The intended acquisition is for services for which the Government intends to acquire from one source under the authority of 41 USC 234 (c) (1), Only One Responsible Source. This is not a request for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The government reserves the right to solicit offers based on receipt of affirmative responses to this notice, or issue a contract to the University of Washington without further notice. All interested parties must respond to this announcement within fifteen (15) calendar days of its publication. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to (206) 527-7166 attention to Melvin Fondue. ****The Western Regional Acquisition Division, requires that all contractors doing business with this Acquisition Office be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) as of October 1, 2003. After this date, NO award can be made unless the vender is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR please access the following web site: http://www.ccr.gov. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at www.dnb.com/eupdate or by phone at (800) 333-0505. All contractors are also required to complete online Representations and Certifications at HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GO
- Place of Performance
- Address: Seattle, WA
- Zip Code: 98112
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 98112
- Record
- SN01352986-W 20070728/070726220539 (fbodaily.com)
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