SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation 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
- WASC-6-702
- Response Due
- 6/7/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTGRACT WITH LGL LIMITED (LGL). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE ANALYSIS OF BOWHEAD PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTED DURING AERIAL SURVEYS FOR THE ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER, NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML). THE NMML IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING STUDIES OF BOWHEAD WHALES IN ALASKAN WATERS. ONE COMPONENT OF THIS REVIEW IS AN EXAMINATION OF AERIAL IMAGES OF BOWHEADS. THESE IMAGES HAVE BEEN USED IN NUMEROUS STUDIES TO REIDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS, WHICH ALLOWS FOR COMPARISONS BETWEEN SAMPLES COLLECTED IN DIFFERENT SEAS AND DIFFERENT YEARS. RESIGHTING RATES BETWEEN MULTIPLE SURVEYS CAN BE USED AS AN INDICATION OF POPULATION ABUNDANCE AS WELL AS AN APPROXIMATION FOR UNIQUENESS OF STOCKS OR SUBSTOCKS, IF SUCH DOES OCCUR. LGL WILL CONTINUE ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE PHOTOGRAPHS, PARITCULARLY FOR COMPARING IMAGES WITHIN EACH YEAR AND BETWEEN YEARS. INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE STORED IN A DATABASE THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN COOPERATION WITH LGL, NMML, THE NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH (ALASKA), AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. EACH IMAGE WILL HAVE A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER AND RESIGHTINGS OF EACH WHALE BE RECORDED THROUGH ITS RESPECTIVE WHALE NUMBER. DATA WILL INCLUDE TIME, LOCATION, A FILE CATEGORY FOR THE EXTENT OF WHITE ON THE WHALE, IMAGE QUALITY, DEGREE OF HOW WELL MARKED A WHALE IS, WHALE LENGTH AND QUALITY OF THE MEASUREMENT, AND RELATED INFORMATION ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS. LGL HAS TAKEN MOST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BOWHEAD WHALES AND IT ALSO HOUSES A COLLECTION OF BOWHEAD PHOTOGRAPHS COMPARABLE ONLY TO THE ONE AT NMML. THE TEAM AT LGL HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF BOWHEAD WHALES SINCE 1981. MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAM HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO EACH STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRENT TECHNIQUES USED TO REVIEW BOWHEAD PHOTOGRAPHS. BIOLOGISTS FROM LGL HAVE REPRESENTED THE BOWHEAD PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT IN INTERNATIONAL FORUMS AND ARE THE ONLY KNOWN RESEARCH GROUP WITH THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH BOWHEAD PHOTOGRAPHS. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 6/2006 ? 5/2007. SOURCES WITH SIMILAR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE MAY SUBMIT SAME IN WRITING. INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE IF A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A PROPOSAL WHICH SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY.
- Record
- SN01056113-W 20060526/060524220321 (fbodaily.com)
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