SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561499
— All Other Business Support 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-7-493
- Response Due
- 6/19/2007
- Archive Date
- 7/4/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT OF ST. PAUL (THE TRIBE) ON ST. PAUL ISLAND IN ALASKA. PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE RECORD MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE OFFIC EOF RESPONSE & RESTORATION (OR&R). THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) TRANSFERRED BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES TO THE TRIBE IN 1983. THE BASEMENT VAULT OF FORMER NMFS BUILDINGS CONTAIN PRE-1984 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA) CONDUCTED SEVERAL SURVEYS OF THE DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE VAULT. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 54 CUBIC FEET OR 108,886 PAGES OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS WHICH NEED TO BE INVENTORIED AND SCANNED. PROPOSED VENDOR WILL 1) INVENTORY AND SCAN TO CREATE A PERMANENT ELECTRONIC RECORD OF DOCUMENTS, 2) TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO THE NARA FOR ARCHIVING, 3) ALLOW RESEARCHERS ACCESS TO PRESERVED DOCUMENTS, AND 4) ADDRESS THE ALEUT COMMUNITY?S WISHES TO RETAIN A HISTORICAL RECORD OF ITS EXPERIENCE ON ST. PAUL ISLAND AS A CULTURAL RECORD REFERENCE. THE TRIBE ASSUMED CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN THE VAULT. THE TRIBE HAS ALLOWED NARA TO EXAMINE THE DOCUMENTS THREE TIMES SINCE 1992. SINCE THE TRIBE POSSESSES THE BUILDINGS WHERE THE DOCUMENTS ARE LOCATED AND RESTRICTS ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS IT CONSIDERS SENSITIVE OR DEROGATORY TO THE TRIBE, IT IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT CAN INVENTORY SUBJECT DOCUMENTS. 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
- SN01309456-W 20070606/070604220149 (fbodaily.com)
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