SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Life-History, Residency, and Growth of Juvenile Chinook Salmon
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2007
- 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
- WASC-7-9048
- Response Due
- 8/15/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2007
- Description
- This requirement is being procured in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The office of NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) located in Seattle, WA has a requirement for Life-History, Residency, and Growth of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River Estuary and Lower Gray?s River, 2007-08. The period of performance is from date of award through June 30, 2008. Salmonid otoliths are well suited for studies of life history, residency, and growth because they lay down daily growth rings that reflect the chemical concentrations of the ambient water the fish are living in (Fowler et al. 1995). Moreover, these concentrations are not subject to change and thus provide an archival record of the chemical composition of the waters the fish experience during their life cycle (Campana and Neilson 1985). Consequently, if the habitats occupied possess distinguishable chemical signatures it is possible to determine fish growth and residency in each of area and also to describe life-history patterns. A critically important transition made by juvenile anadromous salmonids occurs when they move from freshwater rearing areas into brackish or marine waters. Fortuitously, the concentration of strontium (Sr), a close chemical analog of calcium (Ca) increases dramatically from freshwater to seawater. Researchers have used the difference in abundance of strontium to delineate when salmonids enter and start to rear in marine waters. Transects of anadromous salmonid otoliths, for instance, are characterized by low Sr/Ca ratios for periods of freshwater rearing and increased Sr/Ca ratios during periods of brackish and marine-water residency (Kalish 1990, Friedland et al. 1998, Zimmerman 2003). In this study we will examine microchemistry profiles of otoliths from juvenile Chinook collected from two types of habitat, lower estuary locations with high salinities, and off-channel marsh locations that may not be subjected to salt-water intrusion. 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.GO
- Place of Performance
- Address: Seattle, WA
- Zip Code: 98112
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 98112
- Record
- SN01358525-W 20070803/070801220558 (fbodaily.com)
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