SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2006
- 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
- WRAD-6-795
- Response Due
- 7/3/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/18/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH GLOBAL CONFERENCES PTY LTD. IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. GLOBAL CONFERENCES PTY LTD. WILL ARRANGE FOR THE VENUE AND SERVICES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY (IGAC) MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 2006 FOR NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LAB (NOAA-PMEL). THE IGAC PROGRAM CONDUCTS THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE BIANNUALLY. FUNDING TO PARTIALLY SUPPORT THIS CONFERENCE AND THE MEETING OF THE IGAC SCIENTIFIC STEERING COMMITTEE (SSC) WAS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE GRANT FROM NASA, NSF, AND NOAA TO NOAA-PMEL. APPROXIMATELY 400 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE. THE PROPOSED VENDOR WILL ARRANGE AND PROVIDE TRAVEL, PER DIEM, AND REGISTRATION FEES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. PROPOSED VENDOR WILL ALSO PRODUCE A SUMMARY REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE FOR THE IGAC-SSC. THE IGAC SSC DETERMINED THE CONFERENCE LOCATION IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA AND PROGRAMMATIC THEME AT ITS SEPTEMBER 2004 SSC MEETING. GLOBAL CONFERENCES HAS AGREED TO ORGANIZE THIS WORKSHOP IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND. PROPOSED VENDOR IS AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, POSSESSES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE ORGANIZING SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES, AND IS A MEMBER OF THE IGAC SSC. GLOBAL CONFERENCES IS ONE OF ONLY TWO INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND CONVENTION ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONALS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IS ACCREDITED BY THE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISERS. QUESTIONS CONCERNED PROPOSED ACQUISITION MAY BE DIRECTED TO RANDALL BROWN. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01071656-W 20060618/060616220914 (fbodaily.com)
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