SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROCURE ON SOLE SOURCE BASIS
- Notice Date
- 4/29/2014
- Notice Type
- Special 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, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WAD-NFFS7300-14-01460
- Archive Date
- 5/29/2014
- Point of Contact
- Maria L Mendoza, Phone: (206)526-6671
- E-Mail Address
-
Maria.L.Mendoza@noaa.gov
(Maria.L.Mendoza@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to perform auditory evoked potential (AEP) based audiograms on temporary restrained beluga whales. The Biology Department of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) participated in last season's field work collecting the first AEP audiograms from wild beluga whales and this project is a continuation of previous year's effort. The data collected from last field season are needed including same equipment, same protocol are to be used for comparison of results. The unique datasets comprises audiograms of seven (7) adult beluga whales, this type of data are only available through Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute laboratory. This notice represents the only official notice. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. It is the Government's belief that only Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute can complete the work and provide the deliverables under this contract. However, firms that believe they can provide the services required in this project that fully meet the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Questions concerning this announcement must be emailed to Maria Mendoza at maria.l.mendoza@noaa.gov or faxed at (206)527-7513. This is a simplified acquisition.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/WASC/WAD-NFFS7300-14-01460/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: SEATTLE, Washington, 98115, United States
- Zip Code: 98115
- Zip Code: 98115
- Record
- SN03351085-W 20140501/140429234325-322920cbe5861134f152de4165abd722 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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