SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 5/27/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical 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-4-855
- Response Due
- 6/11/2004
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2004
- 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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (USF) FOR THE NW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER, FRAM DIVISION (NWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON PHYSIOGICAL ENERGETICS OF IMPORTANT SPECIES: ENZYME ACTIVITIES AS A PROXY FOR CATCHABILITY IN GROUNDFISHES AND A LITERATURE SURVEY OF GROWTH IN DEEP-WATER CORALS. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL COLLECT MUSCLE SAMPLES FROM EACH LIVE FISH. MUSCLE SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYZED FOR ACTIVITY OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (LDH) AND PRYUVATE KINASE (PK) USING METHODS OF SOMERO AND CHILDRESS (1980). CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO SURVEY LITERATURE FOR DATA DESCRIBING THE ECOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF DEEP-WATER CORALS. DATA WILL BE SUMMARIED IN A FINAL REPORT DETAILING EXISTING INFORMATION, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF CORAL GROWTH AND RECOVERY AFTER DISTURBANCE. DR. TORRES OF USF POSSESSES EXPERTISE IN ANIMAL LOCOTION ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF COLD AND DEEP-WATER INVERTEBRATES AND FISHES. DR. TORRES ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT HAS DEVELOPED METHODOLOGIES SUITABLE TO UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR AND GROWTH OF ORGANISMS IN THE GROUNDFISH SYSTEM. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00593536-W 20040529/040527211808 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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