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B -- ICHTHYOPLANKTON IDENTIFICATION AT THE SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER IN LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA SOL 52ABNF500154 DUE 091595 POC For a copy of the solicitation call 206-526-6425. For further information call Contract Specialist Tiffany Tibbetts Hixson at 206-526-6014 This solicitation is for the provision of Contractor personnel to work at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California, and identify fish larvae collected in samples from the California Cooperative Oceanographic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) conducted during the three-year period from 1985 to 1988. During the CalCOLFI cruises, 1,073 fish larvae samples were collected. Overall 250 species of fish larvae have been recorded from these cruise surveys. The Contractor will be required to identify specie larvae collected from the Southern California Bight restricted area, from which less than 200 species were collected and require identification. The larvae are in various stages of development; accordingly, larvae identification will require extensive, highly specific background and experience from Contractor personnel. The estimated level of effort would require two (2) full time Contractor staff members to complete the identification at the Fisheries Center. The performance period for the contract will be ten (10) months from the date of contract award, plus an additional ten (10) month optional performance period. SIC Code is 8733. (0216)

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