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-6-699
- Response Due
- 6/7/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE (WDFW). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO COLLECT OBSERVATION DATA FOR HARBOR SEALS FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML), ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER. THE NMML IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING INCREASE IN HARBOR SEAL POPULATION IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 6/15/2006 ? 3/31/2007. WDFW WILL RECORD OBSERVATIONS OF TAGGED AND BRANDED HARBOR SEALS THREE DAYS PER WEEK GERTRUDE ISLAND, WASHINGTON. WDFW WILL TAKE A CENSUS OF SEALS THREE DAYS PER WEEK AT GERTRUDE ISLAND AND EAGLE ISLAND ONCE PER WEEK. WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE TAGGING AND BRANDING AT GERTRUDE ISLAND AND EDITING AERIAL SURVEY DATA FROM 2000 TO 2005. DATA EDITING WILL INCLUDE DETERMINING DATA QUALITY, RECOUNTING SOME AREAS AND SLIDES, REENTERING DATA, AND PROOFING DATA. WDFW WILL ALSO CAPTURE HARBOR SEALS TO COLLECT TISSUE SAMPLES FOR GENETIC ANALYSIS. HARBOR SEAL CAPTURE WILL BEGIN 6/22/2006 OFF THE COAST OF CAPE ALAVA, DESTRUCTION ISLAND AND/OR TATOOSH ISLAND. WDFW HAS COLLECTED OBSERVATIONAL AND CENSUS DATA ON HARBOR SEALS IN SOUTH PUGET SOUND FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. CONTRACTING WITH ANY OTHER SOURCE WOULD REQUIRE EXTENSIVE TRAINING OF PERSONNEL AND PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION, WDFW IS EXPERIENCED IN THE CAPTURE AND HANDLING OF WILD HARBOR SEALS, SLIDE COUNTING, DATA EDITING, ENTRY AND PROOFREADING. AUTHORITY FOR THE PROPOSED SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT IS FAR 6.302-1 ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE AND NO OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES WILL SATISFY AGENCY REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01056115-W 20060526/060524220323 (fbodaily.com)
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