SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2010
- 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
- WAD-10-505_NFFR5300-10-11444
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2010
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Phone: (206) 526-6226
- E-Mail Address
-
randall.w.brown@noaa.gov
(randall.w.brown@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC. UNDER PROPOSED CONTRACT, VENDOR WILL CARRY OUT TWO KEY RECOVERY STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE 2008 FINAL WHITE ABALONE RECOVERY PLAN: 1) DEVELOP RELIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE CAPTIVE PROPAGATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ABALONE, FIRST USING RED ABALONE TO REFINE THE TECHNIQUES BEFORE AOPPLYING THEM TO WHITE ABALONE; AND 2) TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MULTI-FACETED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN FOCUSED ON ABALONE CONSERVATION. THE PROPOSED WORK REQUIRES A FACILITY THAT CAN CAPTIVELY SPAWN AND REAR RED ABALONE AND MAINTAIN CAPTIVE WHITE ABALONE IN A SABELLID-FREE AND DISEASE-FREE ENVIRONMENT, AS WEL AS IMPLEMENT AN ABALONE-FOCUSED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN. THE AQUARIUMOF THE PACIFIC (AOP) IN LONG BEACH, CA IS ONE OF ONLY THREE FACILITIES PERMITTED TO HOLD THE ENDANGERED WHITE ABALONE FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY. THE AOP IS THE ONLY AQUARIUM TO SPAWN RED ABALONE. THE AOP ALREADY POSSESSES RED ABALONE BROODSTOCK AND HAS DEVELOPED A FACILITY WITH FILTERED SEAWATER SYSTEMS AND SETTLEMENT/GROW-OUT TANKS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR CAPTIVE PROPAGATION OF ABALONE. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN PROVIDE EQUIPMENT THAT FULLY MEETS THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. 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 REGISTRATION (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.
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