SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- 20-YEAR RE-CENSUS & ANALYSIS BLH FOREST
- Notice Date
- 7/12/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- NPS, SER - West MABO 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway Tupelo MS 38804 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 140P5218Q0041
- Point of Contact
- Sherrod, Laurie
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Park Service, SER West Major Acquisition Buying Office, on behalf of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve, intends to award a sole source, firm fixed-price contract to Southern Illinois University, Plant Biology Department, in Carbondale, IL for a forest re-census & analysis of the bottomland hardwood (BLH) forested wetland plot. Dr. Battaglia is an expert on plant community responses to hurricane disturbance and sea level rise, and she is widely recognized as one of the leaders addressing the consequences of these combined forces for coastal communities. Her research program focuses on U.S. Gulf Coast landscapes, particularly on dynamics of wetland plant communities and the ecological processes that link them with the surrounding landscape. Research in her lab focuses on the effects of environmental processes and large-scale phenomena on community structure and function, as well as development of restoration targets for coastal wetlands undergoing rapid change. Dr. Battaglia has been involved with this study at the Barataria Preserve since 1999, and she and her research team have performed repeated surveys and associated analyses of the tree community on this long-term research and monitoring plot since its establishment. Dr. Battaglia's familiarity with the place, this plot, its tree species, the environmental conditions and the unusually rapid rate of hydrologic change, makes her group uniquely qualified to undertake this key 20-year re-measurement and analysis work. This Southern Illinois University team is exceptionally well-prepared to undertake the field work efficiently and effectively, and Dr. Battaglia is uniquely positioned to provide an analysis of the tree community dynamics over the past 20 years. This service is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) soliciting from a single source authorized by FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1). The anticipated award date is July 23, 2018. No solicitation or request for quote is available. The proposed contract action covers services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice is not a Request for Quote. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Direct all responses, comments, and questions to the Contracting Officer, Laurie Sherrod, by e-mail to laurie_Sherrod@nps.gov no later than noon on Jun 18, 2018.
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