SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF SEA STATIONS
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-9-18367
- Archive Date
- 9/5/2009
- Point of Contact
- Melvin N. Fondue, Phone: (206) 526-6043
- E-Mail Address
-
melvin.n.fondue@noaa.gov
(melvin.n.fondue@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This publication serves as notice of intent to procure services from the University of California, Santa Barbara for the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) to provide monitoring and maintenance of six (6) sea stations. BACKGROUND: Near-island instrumentation, customized for particular locations, provides information necessary to understand and track water mass movements that affect recruitment of key species to coastal habitats. Inter-annual and shorter-term upwelling and relaxation events have been shown to drive recruitment and movement of certain fish species. It is also likely that these events affect other resources, including keystone species. How specific events function to affect living resources depends on the timing of reproduction and behavior of the various life stages of the animals and plants. Some rockfish species with larval phases offshore in the upper water column for example, may only recruit to coastal habitats when upwelling drivers allow relaxation, and offshore surface waters approach shore. Rockfish with deeper larvae would be held offshore during such times, and move towards shore only when upwelling resumes. Understanding these dynamics provides a measure of predictive capacity for managers and could help explain anomalies. It also allows managers to make informed decisions with regard to placement and size selection of reserves designed to protect or restore particular resources, as well as explain changes in populations, trophic structure, and forcing functions and processes (e.g., seasonal and longer term cycles of reproduction dispersal, and recruitment). Provide CINMS with data on water mass movements, six SEA stations were established in 2004 around the Channel Islands and customized to address the information needs of individual areas. All are equipped with thermistor strings and Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs), oxygen sensors, and/or other equipment are part of the mooring instrumentation. These were placed to supplement an existing array of moorings along the west coast, either filling gap areas or augmenting areas for the purpose of providing important information on water temperature and movement within sanctuaries. The government intends to negotiate a frim-fixed price contract with a performance period from 8/28/2009 to 7/30/2010. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 15 days of this synopsis will be considered by the government. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to attention Melvin N. Fondue at (206) 527-7166 or email at melvin.n.fondue@noaa.gov This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $100,000 **** The Westren Regional Acquisition Division, requires that all contractors doing business with this Acquisition Office be registered with the Central Contractor Registey (CCR) as of October 1, 2003. After this date, NO award can be made unless the vendor 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 CCR and be eligible to receive an award from this Acquisition Office, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUN). A DUN number may be acquried free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on line at www.dnb/eupdate of by phone at (800) 333-0505
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/WASC/WRAD-9-18367/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, California, 93109, United States
- Zip Code: 93109
- Zip Code: 93109
- Record
- SN01904083-W 20090809/090808001257-fadc66c1b5bd497ee832d551f7ed8a46 (fbodaily.com)
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