SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE MORTALITY THRESHER SHARKS CAUGHT IN THE RECREATIONAL FISHERY
- Notice Date
- 5/13/2010
- Notice Type
- Special 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, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-10-0478-NFFR7000-10-11102
- Archive Date
- 6/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- Maria L Mendoza, Phone: (206)526-6671
- E-Mail Address
-
Maria.L.Mendoza@noaa.gov
(Maria.L.Mendoza@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This publication serves as notice of intent to procure services for the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Southwest Fisheries Science Center located in La Jolla, CA 92038 on a sole source basis with Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research (PIER). The government intends to acquire services using FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The proposed contract is for services to conduct experimental fishing and deploy satellite tags on common thresher sharks in order to assess survivorship in sharks released with trailing gear. The contractor will attempt to recover any tags that report within 10 miles of the deployment sites in the Southern California Bight using a radio direction finder designed to track the satellite tags. In addition, the contractor will be responsible for overseeing cooperative research with the sportfishing industry on the development of gear innovations, such as degradable linkages and circle hooks to minimize mortality of recreationally caught thresher sharks. Objectives: 1) Evaluate the impacts of 'trailing gear' left embedded in the caudal fin of common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) that interact with the Southern CA recreational fishery (SCRF), and 2) expand on efforts to reduce the post-release mortality rate for common thresher sharks captured by recreational fishermen in the coastal waters off southern California. The scientists at PIER have developed novel methods for angling for thresher sharks including using teasers and drop-back baits. They are the only researchers who have been experimenting with these methods in Southern California Bight recreational shark fishery and who have expertise at deploying satellite tags on large pelagic fish. Through the cooperative research with the shark angling community the scientists at PIER are uniquely poised to oversee the development of techniques that minimize thresher shark mortality. Pier has successfully completed the first two years of this study and this contract will continue their previous year's efforts on the study of the mortality of thresher sharks. The Government intends to negotiate a firm fixed price contract with the period of performance of 6 months from date of award. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541690 with a corresponding size standard of $7.0M. This notice represents the only official notice. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, all submittals received by the due set forth in this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. It is the Government's belief that only Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research can provide these services. However, other potential sources with the expertise and required capabilities to provide these services may submit such data which demonstrates the technical requirements stated above no later than 10 calendar days from the date of the posting of this announcement. This data must include sufficient information to allow NOAA to evaluate the proposal relative to the technical requirements stated above. Responses shall be faxed to Maria Mendoza at (206)527-7513 or provided by e-mail to maria.l.mendoza@noaa.gov. This is a simplified acquisition estimated value not to exceed $100,000.00. ****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 required to complete online Representations and Certifications at http://www.orca.bpn.gov to be eligible to receive an award.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: LA JOLLA, California, United States
- Record
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