SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Gray?s River Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561990
— All Other 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
- WASC-7-8898
- Response Due
- 8/16/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2007
- 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 intends to negotiate a sole contract with Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) for Gray?s River Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring. Introduction The Grays River supports native chum, Chinook and coho salmon, and steelhead and cutthroat trout populations. Of these, chum, Chinook and coho salmon are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and have been identified as priority species for recovery efforts by the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board (LCFRB). The LCFRB was established to develop and implement a recovery plan for listed populations. In December 2004, the State of Washington submitted the LCFRB Lower Columbia Salmon Recovery and Fish and Wildlife Subbasin Plan to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)?Fisheries to address the recovery of salmon and steelhead populations in this domain (LCFRB 2004). This plan is the primary document guiding salmon recovery efforts in the Lower Columbia Basin. Chapter seven of the Subbasin Plan outlines research, monitoring, and evaluation needs for the recovery plan. Juvenile salmonid monitoring is identified as a key component of the biological monitoring plan for Grays River salmonid populations and builds on the existing salmonid monitoring program in Washington?s Lower Columbia River domain. Grays River Chinook, coho, and chum populations have also been selected for abundance and freshwater productivity monitoring under the Framework for Monitoring Salmon Populations developed by the Governor's Forum on Monitoring Salmon Recovery and Watershed Health. Recognizing that resources are insufficient to monitor every population, the framework selects representative populations for monitoring within each Major Population Group and Evolutionary Significant Unit. In addition, juvenile monitoring in the lower Grays River supports objectives/work elements outlined in the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) funded project entitled: Historic Habitat Opportunities and Food-Web Linkages of Juvenile Salmon in the Columbia River Estuary and Their Implications for Managing River Flows and Restoring Estuarine Habitat (Project # 200301000); specifically, Objective 5 to ?determine whether the responses of juvenile salmon species and life history types to a restoring wetland-habitat landscape in lower Grays River differ from salmon habitat-use patterns documented for the mainstem Columbia River estuary?. In 2007-08, we will conduct a juvenile salmonid outmigrant trapping operation in the Lower Grays River between tidewater and the confluence of the West Fork Grays River. The primary biological objectives of this project are to characterize juvenile salmonid life history diversity and estimate juvenile salmonid outmigrant abundance in this subbasin. Juvenile monitoring will follow established protocols. Traps will be installed prior to commencement of subyearling smolt migration beginning in late January/ early February 2008, fished through June 30, 2008 (Sharpe and Glaser 2006), and will be checked daily when fishing. Trap site scoping & evaluation will be completed in the summer/fall of 2007. Figure 1 presents potential trapping locations identified to date. Due to the extremely dynamic nature of the Lower Grays River, final trap site selection may not occur until January 2008. Trapping will most likely be conducted with a rotary screw trap; however, other trap types, including a scoop trap and/or fence weir, are also being considered. OBJECTIVES: 1.1 Life history diversity The objective of 1.1 is to characterize life history diversity of juvenile salmonids trapped from the Grays River. All juvenile salmonids captured will be identified to species, categorized as fry, parr, pre-smolt, or smolt, and enumerated. Fork lengths, weights and (potentially) genetic tissue samples will be collected from a representative subsample of each week?s catch. Scale samples will also be collected weekly from a sub-sample of steelhead and cutthroat juveniles. Ages from these fish will be used in conjunction with fork length frequencies to determine age composition of outmigrants. Genetic tissue samples will be archived with the WDFW genetics laboratory. In addition to collecting biological data, a sub-sample of each week?s catch will be given an identifiable external mark to provide an indicator of estuary entry for use in estimating estuarine residency. Weekly marks for each species will be coordinated with marks used for trap efficiency/ abundance estimates (objective 1.2), and with marked chum salmon releases from the Grays River Hatchery. A subsample of Chinook, coho and steelhead outmigrants greater than 60 mm fork length may also be inserted with Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags and/or Coded Wire Tags (CWT). Final study design details pertaining to sampling, marking and tagging will be developed with the NOAA Estuary Project team leader. 1.2 Abundance estimates The objective of 1.2 is to develop abundance estimates for Chinook, chum, and coho salmon and steelhead and cutthroat trout outmigrants with 95% confidence intervals of +/- 25% or less of an unbiased point estimate. Captured smolts will be anesthetized, bio-sampled, and examined for tags or marks (Rawding and Cochran 2001). Maiden (first capture) smolts will be batch marked with a unique mark, weekly. A thorough development of marking protocols will be developed that coordinates marks needed for trap efficiency/abundance estimates and estuarine residency estimates (objective 1.1). Smolt yield will be estimated using trap efficiency methods (MacDonald and Smith 1980, Dempson and Stansbury 1991, Thedinga et al. 1994, Schwarz and Dempson 1994). Since trap efficiencies may change in relation to stream flow (Cheng and Gillinant 2004), a stratified experimental design is proposed where juveniles are batch marked with a unique mark for every week, as possible. The population estimates obtained using this type of experimental design are often referred to as a stratified Petersen or Darroch estimate (Darroch 1961, Arnason et al. 1996, Bannahaka et al 1997, Plante et al. 1998). Chi-squared tests for complete mixing and equal proportions will be used to pool data into homogeneous periods for population estimates (Schwarz and Taylor 1998). Final estimates will be developed using Darroch Analysis with Rank Reduction (DARR) developed by Bjorkstedt (2000) and later modified (Bjorkstedt 2005). Data will be collected to address mark loss, survival, size selectivity, and closure. Completion of Objective 1.2 is contingent on an additional $25,000 from WDFW for a project total of $95,000. If state funds are not available to fully estimate salmonid abundance, trapping and marking operations will be adjusted as needed to characterize diversity of life histories throughout the outmigration period for juvenile salmon (objective 1.1). DELIVERABLES: 2.1 Microsoft Excel/Access database ? species, length, weight, marking, timing, etc. data for all species bio-sampled and/or enumerated. 2.2 Summary Report ? outlining methods and abundance estimates by species. 2.3 Attendance and presentation of results at the annual project review meeting. The period of performance is from date of award through September 30, 2008. The intended acquisition is for services for which the Government intends to acquire from one source under the authority of 41 USC 234 (c) (1), Only One Responsible Source. This is not a request for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The government reserves the right to solicit offers based on receipt of affirmative responses to this notice, or issue a contract to the WDFW without further notice. All interested parties must respond to this announcement within fifteen (15) calendar days of its publication. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to (206) 527-7166 attention to Melvin Fondue. ****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
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