SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Shark Pupping Surveys
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division-KC, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NFFN7110-13-03670
- Archive Date
- 8/13/2013
- Point of Contact
- Shelley Smith, Phone: 816-426-2066
- E-Mail Address
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shelley.smith@noaa.gov
(shelley.smith@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City office intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with The Florida State University to conduct shark pupping surveys along the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Panama City, FL. This service is for a base year and four one year option periods. Place of Performance: Between Turkey Point Shoal (29.88N, 84.50W) and Dog Island Reef (29.83N, 84.50W), FL and Apalachee Bay and the St. Marks River mouth (30.08N, 84.19W) to Anclote Keys and Tarpon Springs (28.16N, 82.82W), FL. The NAICS code for this action is 611310. Scope These surveys address the importance of habitats for coastal shark populations. Survey includes collecting data on temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen as well as biotic data (diet, predator-prey relationships). Expected results will include identification of the various shark species and what coastal zone(s) they utilize as pupping and nursery grounds. This will allow scientists to gauge the relative importance of the coastal areas, and also will allow determination of migration and distribution patterns of neonate and juvenile sharks. The data obtained from these surveys will be used to update the NOAA Fisheries Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report. Sole Source The Florida State University is involved in the NOAA Fisheries Service-Gulf of Mexico Coastspan program. This program is a collaborative project between NOAA Fisheries and various researchers. The projects goals are to determine essential fish habitat requirements for sharks in bays and estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico. The justification for the contracted work is due to the inability of NOAA Fisheries to adequately and timely survey all bays and estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico during the field season. Because of the excessive costs of staff, travel, and overtime to NOAA Fisheries, a considerable amount of resources will be saved utilizing The Florida State University. The Florida State University was previously a co-principal investigator on 3-year MARFIN project designed to determine preliminary essential fish habitat requirements for sharks in Mississippi and Alabama. The Florida State University has previously obtained knowledge of the area and sampling design and will allow for the continued monitoring of previously established stations and expansion of the original survey. Utilization of another contractor will disrupt the continuity of the survey because any new contractor will be starting without any previous knowledge of the area and design. The Florida State University staff member is currently a scientist at Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and has considerable experience in shark biology and fisheries. This is a continuing research project in collaboration with researchers from the NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory who coordinate the Gulf of Mexico States Shark Pupping and Nursery Area project. Data collected by The Florida State University within this project are utilized for stock assessment and determination of essential fish habitat, requirements under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The loss of any data not collected by the The Florida State University under this program will leave serious gaps in the long term monitoring of shark populations. These gaps could significantly effect future stock assessments for critical species that are currently listed as overfished. NOAA Fisheries is required under the current federal management plan for highly migratory species to use the best available data and without sufficient information NOAA Fisheries is open to litigation. This sources sought notice is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide the service submit substantiating documentation in writing within ten days of this notice. Responses can be faxed to Shelley Smith at 757-664-3633 or sent via e-mail to shelley.smith@noaa.gov. 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 response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. DOC, Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the System for Awards Management (SAM). No award can be made to a company not registered in SAM. For additional information and to register, please access the following web site: http://www.sam.gov. In order to register, all contractors must have a Dun and Bradstreet number. A Dun and Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun and Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/eupdate or by telephone at (800)333-0505.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Marine Fisheries Service, 3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama City, Florida, 32408, United States
- Zip Code: 32408
- Zip Code: 32408
- Record
- SN03121442-W 20130720/130719001952-8594220b2fb27a5b0b008e20ed89e893 (fbodaily.com)
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