SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Conduct Stranding Surveys for Sea Turtles in Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NFFK0-6-333
- Response Due
- 8/14/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2006
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13, as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number NFFK0-6-333 is issued as a request for quotation. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541990. In the U.S., an active and organized sea turtle stranding network has been developed and continues to be improved in order to quantify the seasonality, species composition, stock structure, life history stage, sex ratio, and distribution of turtles that wash ashore dead or alive. The stranding network endeavors to identify both anthropogenic and natural casual factors of mortality with the hope of identifying mortality factors and implementing sound management and conservation measures. Due to its endangered status, strandings involving the Kemp?s ridley, Lepidochelys kempii receive a great deal of attention from federal regulatory agencies charged with enforcing the Endangered Species Act as well as fishing industry interest whose fishing activities may be affected by management actions. The specified work will facilitate the continuation of stranding surveys on the Tamaulipas, Mexico coastline to document mortality and to evaluate potential causative factors. More data are needed to get a realistic idea of the level of sea turtle strandings in any geographical locale. Prior to the initiation of stranding surveys in Mexico in 2001, data in Mexico were anecdotal at best and were only recorded during the months of nesting activity at the principal nesting beaches, and then, only when time permitted. Mexico implements a shrimp closure which coincides with the Kemp?s ridley sea turtle nesting season so that this period likely represents low levels of sea turtle strandings. The fact that 23 of 24 adult make Kemp?s ridleys tagged in recent satellite telemetry studies remained in the La Pesca to Tampico area during at least part of the period outside the nesting season further supports the need for additional stranding data outside of the nesting season. The objectives of this action are: Continue year-round, expanded stranding surveys along the Tamaulipus coastline of Mexico. Ensure that accurate location and stranding data are collected for each documented stranding. Enchance knowledge of mortality factors operating on the population through documentation and reporting of results, including necropsy data as practicable. The contractor shall perform the following tasks: (1) Conduct three time/week patrols from the Tepehuajes, Rancho Nuevo, Barra del Tordo, Altamira and La Pesca camps. These patrols will cover the prime sectors of the Kemp?s ridley habitat. Surveys will be conducted during the period of September 15, 2006 to August 31, 2007; (2) Patrol leaders will be permanently located at each of the five field camps and responsible for security at each of the camps to prevent vandalism which translates into annual savings to the program; (3) Collect GPS location data for each stranding location, as well as detailed biological information on each stranded turtle that includes checking for internal and external tags. Complete standardization reporting forms and archive data in a database for managing stranding data; and (4) Necropsies will be performed on dead stranded sea turtles whenever practical and the cause(s) examined. Standardized necropsy forms will be used. Stranded sea turtles will be examined for external tags and scanned for the presence of PIT tags. Turtles will also be scanned for wire-coded tags when a magnetometer is available. Deliverables: A progress report of activities and results will be submitted by February 15, 2007 and a Final Project Report will be submitted by November 1, 2007. The progress report shall include quantitative data collected by the stranding network, including standard stranding forms for each turtle encountered and all necropsy results in standard format. Summary tables shall be included that tabulate strandings by species by week by geographic areas in a standard format. The final report shall include complete results and analyses, including maps of the locations of the strandings and results of PIT tag wire-coded tag scanning as well as necropsies. The resulting purchase order shall be negotiated on a firm fixed basis. The award shall be made on a best value basis using simplified acquisition procedures. Quotes will be evaluated while relatively equal are listed in order of importance based upon approach, past performance, and price. The solicitation document and incorporated clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular Number 2005-11. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial, FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation ? Commercial Items. The Government shall award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforms to the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following clauses apply: FAR 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions ? Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items. All interested contractors must be actively registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the CCR website www.ccr.gov. All responsible sources that can meet the requirements and provide services listed above may respond to this combined synopsis/solicitation with a quotation addressed to Gina E. Lee, NOAA Acquisition Division, 1305 East West Highway, Room 7144, Silver Spring, MD 20910, to be received no later than August 14, 2006. Responses may be faxed to (301) 713-0806 or e-mailed to Gina.E.Lee@noaa.gov. The Government reserves the right to make a single award, multiple awards, or no award as a result of this RFQ.
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