SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 5/26/2004
- 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-4-767
- Response Due
- 6/10/2004
- Archive Date
- 6/25/2004
- 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 HANAN & ASSOCIATES INC. (HANAN) FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO MODIFY AN EXCLUSION TECHNIQUE THAT HAS KEPT A SMALL NUMBER OF SEA LIONS FROM HAULING OUT ON AT A MARINA IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE EXCLUSION DEVICE CONSISTS OF A FENCE-LIKE STRUCTURE PLACED ON A DOCK WHERE SEA LIONS WERE KNOWN TO HAUL OUT. THE TECHNIQUE PROPOSED FOR THIS STUDY WOULD PRECLUDE MULTIPLE SEA LIONS FROM HAULING OUT ON DOCKS AND BAIT RECEIVERS BY INSTALLING HEAVY DUTY BARRIERS. THE BARRIERS WOULD BE ATTACHED AT THE EDGE AND CONTINUING ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE DOCKS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES. THIS TECHNIQUE WILL BE TESTED AT MONTEREY HARBOR, REDONDON BEACH, MARINA DEL REY, AND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. DR. DOYLE HANAN POSSESSES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH PINNIPED INTERACTIONS WITH COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERIES, AS WELL AS MARINA DOCK OPERATORS AND BAIT RECEIVERS. DR. HANAN LED RESEARCH TEAMS INVESTIGATING FISHERY INTERACTIONS OF PINNIPEDS AND CETACEANS. HE ALSO HAS SUBSTANTIAL EXPERIENCE TAGGING AND BRANDING CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS AND PACIFIC HARBOR SEALS AND HAS PUBLISHED NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES. HE HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR UNDER MMPA SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PERMITS AND CURRENTLY HOLDS AN ACTIVE PERMIT TO CAPTURE AND SEA LIONS AND HARBOR SEALS. THE TASKS SPECIFIED IN THIS STUDY EXPAND UPON DR. HANAN?S PREVIOUS RESEARCH WORK. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00592784-W 20040528/040526211757 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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