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-6-684
- Response Due
- 6/7/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE TULALIP TRIBE (TRIBE). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SNOHOMISH BASIN ADULT CHINOOK SALMON FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS), NORTHWEST REGION. THE TRIBE COLLECT COLLECT ADULT CHINOOK SALMON TISSUE SAMPLES AND OTOLITHS FROM SPANING AGGREGATIONS THROUGH THE SNOHOMISH RIVER BASIN AND FROM THE WALLACE RIVER HATCHERY CHINOOK SALMON. USING THERMALLY-MARKED OTOLITHS, ADIPOSE FIN MARKS, AND CODED WIRE TAGS, THE TRIBE WILL SEPARATE THE TISSUE SAMPLES COLLECTED INTO NATURAL ORIGIN AND HATCHERY ORIGIN GROUPS. WORK WILL BE CONDUCTED MAINLY IN TRIBAL WATERS. THE TRIBE WILL ALSO ANALYZE TISSUE SAMPLES FROM THE ALLELE FREQUENCIES AT THE 13 MICROSATELLITE LOCI IN THE COASTWIDE BASELINE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES SECTOIN OF THE CHINOOK TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (USCTC). THE TRIBE WILL ALSO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NATURAL AND HATCHERY BASELINES TO DETECT POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN FISHERY STOCK COMPOSITION AND USE THIS AS A TEST OF WHETHER THE CODED WIRE TAGGED INDICATOR STOCK GROUP WILL ADEQUATELY REPRESENT SNOHOMISH NATURAL-ORIGIN CHINOOK IN PACIFIC SALMON TREATY FISHERIES. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE 7/1/2006 ? 6/30/2007. AUTHORITY FOR THE SOLE SOURCE IS FAR 6.302-1 ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE AND NO OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES WILL SATISFY AGENCY REQUIREMENTS. THE TRIBE?S FISHERIES STAFF POSSESS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SALMON STOCKS IN THE DRAINAGE, AND HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE U.S. COMMISSIONER AND PACIFIC SALMON COMMISSION?S CHINOOK TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (CTC). THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO RELY ON BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES TAKEN IN 2004 AND 2005 AND PROCESSED BY THE TULALIP TRIBE. 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
- SN01056116-W 20060526/060524220323 (fbodaily.com)
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