B -- MARINE RESOURCES AND MONITORING ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION SURVEYS (MARMAP)

Notice Date

October 13, 2000

Contracting Office

U. S. Department Of Commerce, NOAA, Central Administrative Support Center, 601 East 12th St., CC31, Rm. 1756, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

ZIP Code

64106

Solicitation Number

52WCNF106007JD

Point of Contact

Joseph D'Felio (816) 426-7267, ext. 225

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting officer via (Joseph.D.Dfelio@noaa.gov)

Description

The Government intends to issue a sole source procurement to the State of South Carolina Marine Resource Research Institute and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as implemented under Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.301-1(b)(1)(i). The services will be for Marine Resources and Monitoring Assessment and Prediction Surveys (MARMAP). The State of South Carolina has been collecting data and maintaining the database for these services since 1973. The proposed contract is for a base year with four, one year option periods. The State of South Carolina will contribute (cost share) approximately 20% of the estimated total cost of the contract. This procurement is for ongoing research for groundfish, reef fish, icthyoplankton and coastal pelagic fish within the region between Cape Lookout, North Carolina and Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission of the program is to determine distribution, relative abundance and critical habitat(s) of economically and ecologically important fishes along the South Atlantic Bight and to relate those features to environmental factors and exploitation activities. The State of South Carolina will provide biologists and marine scientists for vessel research surveys, locate and map fish habitat(s), and input new life history and population study data into the historical database. All responsible sources may identify their interest and capability by submitting a qualification's statement. The following criteria will be used to evaluate responses: 1) Capability of the proposed contractor to continue resource assessment activities that have been conducted since 1973; 2) The proposed contractor's prior experience with techniques in deployment of standardized MARMAP assessment equipment; 3) Expertise of the principal and associate investigators; 4) Specialized ability; 5) Investment (cost share); 6) History of scheduling survey activities and reporting on activities and data; 7) Unique capabilities. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties are required to submit their capability/qualification statements within 45 days after publication of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this action, based on responses received, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered only for the purpose of determining the need to conduct a competitive procurement. All responsible sources may submit their qualifications to the agency. The agency will consider all responses received.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001017/BSOL002.HTM (W-287 SN504295)