SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/29/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management 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
- WRAD-6-946
- Response Due
- 8/14/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY (CONSERVANCY) FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO NMFS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREATS ASSESSMENT FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST (CCC) COHO SALMON. THE CONSERVANCY IS AN INTENRATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS DEVELOPED A PLANNING APPROACH AND AN ORGANIZATION TOOL TO EVALUATE, PRIORITIZE AND ADDRESS THREATS TO ECOSYSTEMS AND SPECIES. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED THE ?5S CONSERVATION PLANNING? (?5S?). THE 5S AN INTEGRATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLANNING APPROACH TESTED AND USED ON MORE THAN 400 LANDDSCAPES AND 25 COUNTRIES TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR CONSERVING THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPES. THE CUSTOM-PROGRAMMED MICROSOFT EXCEL WORKBOOK DEVELOPED BY THE CONSERVANCY IS A USEFUL ORGANIZATIONAL TOOL USED IN A WORKSHOP SETTING WITH ACADEMICS, FIELD BIOLOGISTS, AGENCY STAFF AND OTHERS TO IDENTIFY THREATS, SOURCES OF THE THREAT AND STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS TO LANDSCAPES AND SPECIES. THE CONSERVANCY WILL 1) DETERMINE THE CRITICAL THREATS (STRESSORS AND SOURCES, 2) DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL MODEL LINKING STRESSORS AND SOURCES FOR THE EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT UNIT (ESU), AND 3) DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THREATS AND PROMOTE SPECIES RECOVERY. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FROM FALL 2006 ? FALL 2007. QUESTIONS CONCERNING PROPOSED ACQUISITION MAY BE ADDRESSED TO RANDALL BROWN. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01101504-W 20060731/060729220547 (fbodaily.com)
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