SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- MANAGE THE COLLECTION OF TISSUE SAMPLES AND ASSOCIATED FROM CHINOOK SALMON IN THE CALIFORNIA OCEAN
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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-NFFR7500-14-01914
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2014
- 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 is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is not a presolicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran owned, and Women owned Small Business firms. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the Government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. The NOAA/NMFS researchers are looking at the spatial and temporal distribution of Chinook salmon during their ocean migration period on a stock specific basis. Tissue samples from ocean-caught salmon are necessary for stock ID and will be analyzed in the NOAA Science Center lab in Santa Cruz, CA. Contractor needs to manage the collection of tissue samples and associated metadata (i.e., GPS coordinates, length, weight, depth of capture) from Chinook salmon in the California ocean. Contractor to supply tissue samples taken at sea May 1 - September 30 from open fishing areas, with harvest allowed. Contractor needs to provide at least 200 samples per week for the period May 1-Sept 30, from each of the Fort Bragg Fishery Management Zone, the San Francisco Fishery Management Zone north of Point Reyes, and the San Francisco Fishery Management Zone south of Point Reyes when they are open for commercial fishing, with a minimum total of 4800 samples. Sample sizes can be scaled down for catch rate considerations. The samples must be accompanied by exact catch locations and all associated fishing effort locations (GPS unit must be operating and recording waypoints semi-continuously during the entire time they are fishing), recorded in GPS waypoint format. The samples must be delivered to the SWFSC lab in Santa Cruz within 1 week of collection (dried on blotter paper) and all associated data must be uploaded into an existing online database by the contractor for interrogation by project collaborators. Contractor needs to provide at least 200 samples per week for the period May 1-Sept 30, from each of the Fort Bragg Fishery Management Zone, the San Francisco Fishery Management Zone north of Point Reyes, and the San Francisco Fishery Management Zone south of Point Reyes when they are open for commercial fishing. This contract will require the following products and services: Contractor needs to provide at least 200 samples per week for the period May 1-Sept 30, from each of the Fort Bragg Fishery Management Zone, the San Francisco Fishery Management Zone north of Point Reyes, and the San Francisco Fishery Management Zone south of Point Reyes when they are open for commercial fishing.. The vendor shall meet the following requirement: 1. The vendor must provide evidence of managing fishing operations over multiple ports and show experience handling scientific samples. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541690 with a size standard of $14.0 M. Interested firms shall provide, in writing, a brief narrative (no more than 3 pages in length) and documentation to support your firm's capability and experience meeting the requirements herein and include your firm's name, address, point of contact, telephone number, DUNS Number, CCR Cage Number, business type and size, i.e., small, large, non-profit, educational, and so forth. Any response that does not include this information will not be considered. The Government will review your response to determine if your firm has the experience, knowledge and capability to perform the services as specified above. This request for information does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued. Nor does this request for information constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise that any procurement action that may be issued for the Government's requirements. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of contractor's information. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. All contractors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). NOTE: THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. No solicitation document is available. No contract will be awarded on the basis of responses received to this notice. Detailed information must be submitted by email to the Purchasing Agent Maria L. Mendoza at maria.l.mendoza@noaa.gov by 0900 AM local Seattle time (PST), on Thursday, May 08, 2014. Questions of any nature must be addressed in writing as TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE HONORED.
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