SOLICITATION NOTICE
T -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 8/26/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541360
— Geophysical Surveying and Mapping 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-7-999
- Response Due
- 9/10/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/25/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (UBC). UBC WILL ATTEND REGULAR TECHNICAL RECOVERY TEAM (TRT)MEETINGS AND FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF RELEVANT DATA FOR TRT ANALYSES. PERIOD OF PEFORMANCE IS DATE OF AWARD THROUGH 9/30/2009. MORE SPECIFICALLY, UBC WILL REVIEW EXISTING PHOTOS FROM SEVERAL PILOT WATERSHEDS AND SCAN. UBC WILL CONVERT IMAGES INTO ORTHORECTIFIED IMAGERY PRIOR TO SPATIAL ANALYSES. UBC WILL ALSO DETERMINE ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF CLASSIFICATIONS OF HISTORICAL IMAGES. FINALLY, UBC WILL DOCUMENT AND ENSURE THAT METADATA FOR ALLL GIS-COMPATIBLE IMAGERY AND FILES FOLLOW THE FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMITTEE?S CONTENT STANDARD FOR DIGITAL GEOSPATIAL METADATA. THE UBC GERGEL LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY LAB IS AMONG THE FEW LABS EXPERIENCED IN BOTH AQUATIC ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION AS WELL AS SPATIAL ANALYSIS TOOLS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE PROPOSED CONTRACT. THE GERBEL LAB HAS BEEN WORKING WITH AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, PARTICULARLY HISTORICAL PHOTOS, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAS DEVELOPED ONE OF THE LARGER DATABASES IN THE COASTAL ECOREGION H OUSED AT AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION. FURTHER, THE GERGEL LAB AT UBC IS A COLLABORATOR FOR EVENTUAL EXPANSION OF THIS WORK TO THE OKANAGAN (BRITISH COLUMBIA) TRIBUTARY. FINALLY, THE GERGEL LAB SPECIALIZES IN AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL INTERACTIONOS, WATERSHED SCIENCE, AND RIPARIAN/FLOODPLAIN ECOLOGY. 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
- SN01385769-W 20070828/070826220212 (fbodaily.com)
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