SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/20/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting 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-7-748
- Response Due
- 8/3/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW) FOR THE NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL TARGET RESEARCH EFFORT TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GREEN CRAB ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. THE RESEARCH CONSISTS OF A DETAILED POPULATION DYNAMICS MODEL OF FUTURE GREEN CRAB RANGE EXPANSION A FUNCTION OF OCEAN CIRCULATION PATTERNS, TEMPERATURE, AND LARVAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS WORK REQUIRES AN EXPERT IN HABITAT DISTRIBUTIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EASTERN PACIFIC ESTUARIES. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) MUST POSSESS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN THE FIELDS OF ECOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, AND POSSESS PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE WITH THRESHOLDS IN SPECIES INTERACTIONS, NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, ESTUARINE ECOLOGY, AND ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING. THE PI MUST ALSO POSSESS A STRONG PUBLICATION RECORD IN PEER REVIEWED LITERATURE AS WELL AS A PROVEN RECORD OF MATCHING OR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND RESEARCH. UW DR. JENNIFER RUESINK POSSESSES THESE QUALIFICATIONS AND IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT CAN PROVIDE RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION, REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRY (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505. ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AT HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV.
- Record
- SN01347831-W 20070722/070720220450 (fbodaily.com)
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