SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2007
- 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-7-778
- Response Due
- 8/15/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FOR NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) FOR PHYTOPLANKTON IDENTIFICAITON FOR STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL FACTORS FROM HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM (HAB) OCCURRENCE IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON. UW WILL LEAD A PHYTOPLANKTON WORKSHOP WHICH WILL TEACH LOCAL SHELLFISH AND FINFISH GROWERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONNEL HOW TO COLLECT AND IDENTIFY PHYTOPLANKTON. THIS WILL INCLUDE ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND HELPING WITH IDENTIFICATIONS. UW WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT OF BULLETINS FOR EARLY WARNING OF HAB EVENTS. THE BULLETINS ARE SENT TWICE MONTHLY TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; AS WELL AS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, TRIBES, AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE WASHINGTON STATE HAB PROGRAM. DR. HORNER IS THE PREEMINENT SCIENTIST THAT CAN IDENTIFY PHYTOPLANKTON AND ITS BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE THAT CAN PERFORM THIS SERVICE IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA. 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. 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
- SN01357191-W 20070802/070731220518 (fbodaily.com)
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