SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- DEVELOP LOGGERHEAD TURTLE MODEL
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation 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
- WASC-5-982
- Response Due
- 7/29/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/13/2005
- Description
- DEVELOP A MODEL LOGGERHEAD MOUTH AND ESOPHAGUS FOR HOOK TESTING AND TEST POSSIBLE TURTLE REPELLENT DEVICES. MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NMFS). LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES MAY BECOME HOOKED IN THE PROCESS OF BITING OR SWALLOWING LONGLINE BAITS. A NUMBER OF ALTERNATE HOOK SIZE, TYPE, AND OFFSETS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO THE TURTLES OR TO MINIMIZE HOOKING. NMFS REQUIRES A LOGGERHEAD MOUTH MODEL AVAILABLE TO TEST HOOK ARRANGEMENTS PRIOR TO THEIR DEPLOYMENT AS PART OF GEAR SETS. THE OPTIMUM MODEL WILL INCLUDE A SKULL CAST WITH LOWER JAW AND SOFT TISSUES OF THE MOUTH AND ESOPHAGUS. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FROM 8/1/2005 ? 12/31/2006. NMFS HAS IDENTIFIED FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (FSU) AS THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE SOURCE THAT CAN PERFORM PROPOSED CONTRACT. DR. JEANETTE WYNEKEN OF FSU POSSESSES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SEA TURTLE FEEDING, MORPHOLOGY, AND BEHAVIOR. DR. WYNEKEN HAS COLLECTED AND ANALYZED MORPHOLOGICAL DATA DESCRIBING SEA TURTLE BODY STRUCTURE OF MORE THAN 200 LOGGERHEAD TURTLES AND SEVERAL LEATHERBACKS. DR. WYNEKEN HAS COLLABORATED WITH NMFS PERSONNEL ON SEVERAL LONGLINE/TURTLE INTERACTION QUESTIONS AND ASSISTED DRAFTING CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING DEFINING RISKS TO LOGGERHEAD AND LEATHERBACK TURTLES FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOOKINGS, ASSISTED IN DEHOOKINGS, AND CONDUCTED GROSS NECROPSIES ON SEA TURTLES WITH HOOK INJURIES. DR. WYNEKEN HAS ALSO AUTHORIZED ANATONY OF SEA TURTLES, FOR WHICH SHE DISSECTED ALL OF THE ANIMALS COVERED BY THE BOOK, INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE HEAD AND MOUTH MORPHOLOGY. SOURCES WITH SIMILAR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE MAY SUBMIT SAME IN WRITING FOR CONSIDERATION. INFORMATION SUBMITTED WILL ONLY BE USED IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO COMPETE THIS REQUIREMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00848126-W 20050717/050715211846 (fbodaily.com)
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