SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 1/16/2007
- 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 Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-7-126
- Response Due
- 2/1/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/16/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NOAA-FISHERIES, NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICES (EDS) FOR SPATIAL DATA LAYERS AND ANALYSIS. THE WORK REQUIRED SUPPORTS THE HABITAT POPULATION STATUS MONITORING GUIDELINES FOR BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION?S (BPA) ENVIRONMENTAL, FISH AND WILDLIFE (EFW) PROGRAM MAINSTEM/SYSTEMWIDE PROVINCE PROVINCIAL REVIEW PROCESS AND PARALLEL EFFORTS TO DEFINE THE STATUS AND EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS OF THE 2000, 2004, AND 2007 NMFS FEDERAL COLUMBIA RIVER POWER SYSTEM BIOLOGICAL OPINIONS. BPA?S PROTOCOLS AND PROGRAM DESIGNS HAVE NEVER BEEN ADEQUATELY TESTED IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. WORK HAS BEEN FUNDED THROUGH BPA?S WITH NWFSC AS THE PRIMARY CONTRACTOR. BPA PROJECT TITLED ?INTEGRATED STATUS AND EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING PROGRAM (ISEMP)?. WORK REQUIRED WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TASKS: 1) DEVELOP SPECIFIC TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES TO ALLOW EFFICIENT MIGRATION OF ISEMP PROJECT DATA INTO PROJECT?S CENTRAL DATABASE; 2) DEVELOP SPECIFIC TOOLS TO ALLOW EFFICIENT USE OF ISEMP PROJECT DATA AND PROJECT DATABASE; AND 3) IMPLEMENT STRATEGY UTILIZING LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROJECT COORDINATORS AND LOCAL COLLABORATORS MIRRORING THE DATA MANAGEMENT TOOLS DEVELOPED FOR THE ISEMP. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISEMP PILOT WATERSHED PROJECTS IN THE WENATCHEE/ENTIAT, JOHN DAY, AND SALMON RIVER BASINS WILL BE A LONG-TERM PROCESS. WORKING CLOSELY WITH PERSONNEL IMPLEMENTING CURRENT MONITORING PROGRAMS WILL NOT LIKELY BE ACCEPTED UNLESS ISEMP CAN PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ACTION REVISIONS TO SALMONID MANAGEMENT IN THE BASIN. THEREFORE, THE ISEMP PILOT APPROACH IS TO DEVELOP A MONITORING FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY A COHESIVE, BASIN-WIDE MONITORING PROGRAM FACILITATED BY ISEMP AND ACCEPTED BY THE MULTIPLE MONITORING ENTITIES ACROSS THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. EDS IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT CAN PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AT EDS POSSESSES EXPERIENCE IN LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL MONITORING, DTA MANAGEMENT TOOL DEVELOPMENT, AND SPATIAL DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS. EDS ALSO POSSESES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SALMON AND STEELHEAD POPULATIONS AND DATA CRITICAL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE RESOURCES IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. FURTHER, EDS EMPLOYEE WAS EMPLOYED FOR THREE YEARS AS A LEAD ISEMP STAFF MEMBER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT?S DATA MANAGEMENT APPROACH. EDS POSSESSES OVER TEN YEARS OF ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN ECOLOGY, INCLUDING WORK ON LANDSCAPE CLASSIFICATION, WATERSHED PROCESSES, STREAM AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY, FOREST ECOLOGY, FISHERIES, ENTOMOLOGY, PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND ECOLOGY, STREAM RESTORATION, SILVICULTURE, PRARIE RESTORATION, AND PLANT PROPAGATION. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS DATE OF AWARD THROUGH 9/30/2007. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01211930-W 20070118/070116220218 (fbodaily.com)
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