SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/29/2005
- 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
- Reference-Number-WASC-5-1186
- Response Due
- 8/15/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2005
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (WWF) FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE/PACIFIC ISLANDS AREA OFFICE (NMFS). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO ADJUST EXPERIMENTAL GEAR TO REDUCE INTERACTION OF SEA TURTLES AND TUNA LONGLINE FISHERIES IN WESTERN PACIFIC WATERS. SPECIFICALLY, PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL 1) DESIGN AND CONDUCT A COLLABORATIVE TRIAL OF PELAGIC LONGLINE FISHING GEAR MODIFIED TO REDUCE SEA TURTLE BYCATCH USING VESSELS REGISTERED IN INDONESIA, 2) DESIGN A COLLABORATIVE TRIAL OF FISHING GEAR MODIFIED TO REDUCE SEA TURTLE BYCATCH TO BE CONDUCTED WITH FISHING VESSELS FISHING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND 3) COLLECT INFORMATION REGARDING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VIETNAMESE FISHING FELEETS AND SEA TURTLES VIA SURVEYS, QUESTIONNAIRES, PORT INTERVIEWS, AND A PILOT FISHERY OBSERVER PROGRAM. STUDY WILL FOCUS ON FISHERIES IDENTIFIED IN INDONESIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND VIETNAM. WWF IS IN A STRATEGIC POSITION TO COORDINATE AND FACILITATE COMMON INTERESTS AMONG THE FISHERMEN, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE GROUPS, AND RELEVANT AUTHORITIES, AND IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO PERFORM THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. WWF CAN USE A CROSS-SECTORAL APPROACH TO UNIFYING SCIENTISTS, PRIVATE INDUSTRY, CONSERVATIONISTS AND THE GOVERNMENTAL REGULATORY BODIES, EXPANDING ON A MODEL THAT WWF IS ALREADY USING IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00857788-W 20050731/050729211842 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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