MODIFICATION
R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Rgn 3 5600 American Blvd West Suite Bloomington MN 55437-1458 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- F16PS01303
- Response Due
- 9/7/2016
- Archive Date
- 9/22/2016
- Point of Contact
- Clearwater, Becky
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 3, intends to sole source a requirement to Winston-Salem State University to provide services to include data collection and laboratory testing that will lead to the assessment and work flow process of how to best create a data quantification product in accordance with FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii) and pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1)--Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Accurate estimates of population size and assessment of long-term trends in endangered species is a critical first step for conservation managers and biologists. The USFWS uses these data to make listing decisions, develop recovery plans and criteria and inform Section 7 consultations. Precise colony estimation remains difficult for animals like bats that are highly mobile, live in large groups and are active at nights. Existing census methods have significant limitations ¿they are invasive, inaccurate, labor-intensive, very expensive and/or non-repeatable. The USFWS requests the development of a cost-effective, non-invasive, accurate and repeatable method to estimate the size of cave-roosting bat colonies using Ground Based LIDAR Scanning technology. This requirement is in collaboration among existing partnerships with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code is 541990 with a business size standard of $15.0. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is available for this requirement. Interested parties may submit capability statement and rationale by September 7, 2016, at 12:00pm CDT via e-mail to Becky Clearwater at becky_clearwater@fws.gov. The written response must include information sufficient to enable the Government to make a determination that an equivalent service exists which would meet the Government's needs as stated herein for future considerations. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement, based on responses, is solely within the discretion of the Government. This requirement is to be processed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in conjunction with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist, Becky Clearwater at becky_clearwater@fws.gov via e-mail only (no phone calls; voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent: Question Submission ¿ Data Collection, Research, and testing/ data quantification product/bats.
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