SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- INVESTIGATE MANATEE UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENTS
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA-133F-12-RQ-0961
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2012
- Point of Contact
- Linda L Mullen, Phone: 757-441-3436, Janie M Laferty, Phone: 757-441-6875
- E-Mail Address
-
Linda.Mullen@noaa.gov, Janie.M.Laferty@noaa.gov
(Linda.Mullen@noaa.gov, Janie.M.Laferty@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Government intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis with The Marine Mammal Center, 2000 Bunker Road, Sausalito, California for the Investigations of Manatee Unusual Mortality Events. The tasks to be performed as part of this project are as follows: 1. Deploying emergency response personnel to retrieve carcasses. 2. Deploying emergency response personnel to rescue and rehabilitate live animals in distress. 3. Providing equipment and supplies for response and rehabilitation needs. 4. Arranging and providing laboratory analyses with the appropriate diagnostic labs approved by NOAA/NMFS-MMHSRP and USFWS for manatee research. Reports to be delivered F.O.B. Destination to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Marine Mammal Conservation Division, 1315 East West Highway, SSMC-3, RM 13635, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. The period of performance is September 1, 2012, or date of award, whichever is later, through August 31, 2014. In order to comply with the debt collection improvement act of 1966, all contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered for an award of a federal contract. For information regarding registration of your CCR and ORCA Certification contact the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov. Authority: 41 USC 253(c)(1). The FSC for this is AP61 and the NAICS Code is 541990, small business size standard is $6.5 million. The government intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order for this requirement. The Marine Mammal Center is the only known source capable of performing the required development. 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(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by 12:00 P.M. August 10, 2012 will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Evidence must be provided of ability to provide the required items. Responses to this notice, if any, must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Linda.Mullen@noaa.gov. The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) in Sausalito, CA is the leading authority in the private and academic sector on UMEs. It is a World-class marine mammal stranding and research facility with state of the art equipment and expertise to investigate marine mammal health issues. The scientists at TMMC have authored numerous per-reviewed scientific journal articles, book chapters, NOAA Technical Memos, and protocols on marine mammal UMEs including the standardized protocols used by the International marine mammal stranding networks to conduct UME investigations. For example, please see the following report by Dr. Frances Gulland, Director of Veterinary Medicine at TMMC: Gulland, F.M.D. 2006. Review of the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Response Program of the National Marine Fisheries Service [pdf]. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-OPR-33, 37 p. The activities described above relate to ongoing issues that are of significance to the Government, the public and Congressional representatives concerned about manatee conservation and welfare. Manatees are a critically endangered species and have several conservation initiatives underway to recover their population and avoid extinction. Manatees have been involved in 8 of the 56 formally declared UMEs between 1991-2012, and The Marine Mammal Center's unparalleled expertise in UME investigations and emergency response needs will significantly benefit the government, the public and conservation.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/EA-133F-12-RQ-0961/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1315 East West Highway, SSMC-3, RM 13635, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN02823551-W 20120803/120802000437-62fe14fab8ef11d401a8195625f80e8b (fbodaily.com)
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