SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 4/7/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-WASC-4-619
- Response Due
- 4/22/2004
- Archive Date
- 5/7/2004
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
-
randal.w.brown@noaa.gov
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION (PSMFC) FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES CENTER (NMFS). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE SAMPLING OF PACIFIC ALBACORE IN WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. CONTRACTOR SHALL MAINTAIN SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION OF U.S. PACIFIC ALBACORE FISHING SEASON. CONTRACTOR SHALL TRACK AND DOCUMENT THE PROGRESS OF THE FISHING SEASON, COLLECT LOGBOOKS, AND CALCULATE SAMPLING COVERAGE INFORMATION THROUGHOUT PORTS IN CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL COMPLETE A LOGBOOK FOR THE VESSEL BY COPYING DATA FROM VESSEL RECORDS OR BY QUESTIONING THE VESSEL CAPTAIN, IN CASES WHERE FISHERMEN HAVE FAILED TO COMPLETE A LOGBOOK. FISHERMEN ARE ALREADY SUBMITTING LANDING INFORMATION TO STATE AGENCIES. CONTRACTOR MUST ALSO DEVELOP CONTACTS WITH FISH BUYERS, OR OTHER SWHO KNOW WHEN VESSELS WILL BE LANDING. CONTRACTOR WILL MEASURE FISH FOR FORK LENGTH AS VESSELS UNLOAD THEIR CATCHES AT PORTS IN CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. CONTRACTOR SHALL ALLOCATE SAMPLING AMONG THE PORTS TO OBTAIN A SAMPLING COVERAGE AS CLOSE TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AS POSSIBLE. THE PSMFC IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT CAN OBTAIN EXISTING DATA FROM THE PARTICIPATING STATES. IN COORDINATION WITH THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON, THEY DISTRIBUTE AND COLLECT CONFIDENTIAL LOGBOOK DATA RECORDS, ACCESS CONFIDENTIAL STATE LANDING RECEIPTS DATABASES, AND MEASURE FISH AS THEY ARE LANDED. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Place of Performance
- Address: GLADSTONE, OR
- Record
- SN00561511-W 20040409/040407211821 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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