SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- PROVIDE BIOLOGICAL TESTING SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-6-1263
- Response Due
- 9/21/2006
- Archive Date
- 10/6/2006
- Description
- PROVIDE SERVICES TO PROCESS STREAM MACRO-INVERTEBRATE SAMPLES FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE/NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). THE NWFSC PROVIDES SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO NMFS FOR THE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION, AND WISE USE OF THE NORTHWEST REGION?S MARINE AND ANADROMOUS RESOURCES. NWFSC REQUIRES A LABORATORY WITH EXPERTISE IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND ECOLOGY OF IDAHO INVERTEBRATES, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF CHIRONOMIDS. EXPERIENCE WITH IDAHO INVERTEBRATES IS IMPORTANT FOR QUALITY OF IDENTIFICATION AND FOR ASSISTANCE WITH INTERPRETATION OF COMMUNITY COMPOSITION DATA. HIGH IMPORTANCE IS PLACED ON QUALITY CONTROL OF SAMPLE SORTING AND IDENTIFICATION. THE LABORATORY?S MAIN FOCUS SHOULD BE AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMY AND WHO CAN PROVIDE SUFFICIENT STAFF TO PROCESS A LARGE NUMBER OF SAMPLES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. INDICATORS OF THIS INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMY FOCUS INCLUDE PUBLICATIONS ON TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATION OF TAXONOMISTS BY THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. THE LABORATORY MUST BE LISTED ON THE XERCESS SOCIETY WEBSITE AT http://www.xerces.org/aquatic/other_info.htm. THE VENDOR WILL PROCESS STREAM MACRO-INVERTEBRATE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM ROUGHLY 18 STREAMS IN THE SALMON RIVER BASIN. SAMPLES INCLUDE THOSE COLLECTED WITH A HESS SAMPLING DEVICE AND DRIFT SAMPLES. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS SEVEN (7) MONTHS FROM DATE OF AWARD. REQUEST SOLICITATION IN WRITING. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01129606-W 20060901/060830220322 (fbodaily.com)
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