SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Citrus and Citrus Greening Disease Research Programs Consulting Services
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SB-S-17-0049
- Archive Date
- 6/27/2017
- Point of Contact
- Paul Merritt,
- E-Mail Address
-
paul.merritt@ars.usda.gov
(paul.merritt@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Vendors that believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR part 12 and Part 13.5. No solicitation will be issued. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. Responses are to be received within 10 days of this notice. No telephone calls are being accepted. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to negotiate and award on a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) basis. A purchase order will be one year firm-fixed price awarded to Gail Wisler of Crownsville MD for consultation on citrus and greening disease research programs. Anticipated Date of Award: 6/23/2017. Under this requirement, the contractor will provide advice, counsel and assistance to ARS and USDA senior management on issues related to citrus and citrus greening disease research programs. Services will include providing advice and strategic direction to a national team of researchers, including Center Directors, Research Leaders and Research Scientists to deal with the citrus crises in California, Florida and Texas. Services also include interfacing with sister agencies in USDA, primarily APHIS, as well as with university cooperators, as appropriate. In addition, services include being point of contact with the HLB-MAC program. Finally, services will include attending meetings, as deemed appropriate to the goals of the assignment, as well as stakeholder and researcher meetings on site in Beltsville, MD. Dr. Wisler is the only individual qualified for this assignment due to her unique and detailed knowledge of national and international research programs on citrus, extensive involvement with the national and international community in the fight against citrus greening disease, and the real world effect of the disease on the citrus industry in California, Florida and Texas. Her knowledge and expertise will satisfy the Agency's and Department's need to strategically organize to prevent and combat the devastating effect of citrus greening on the citrus industry. Dr. Wisler has 10 years of experience leading the ARS research program dealing with citrus and citrus greening issues, as well as other related issues in other specialty crops. She has been the ARS representative on this disease issue since it was identified in 2005 in Florida. She directed more than 36 research programs in ARS, along with cooperative research programs with university and industry partners at 22 different locations (including the full portfolio of a colleague who left Crop Production and Protection in 2014), involving 72 research scientists. Dr. Wisler has worked closely with APHIS during her 10 year tenure on the ARS National Program Staff in the Office of National Programs on many issues of regulation of specialty crops diseases and vectors. She has facilitated over 37 workshops on innovative approaches to combating and preventing the citrus greening disease and other diseases of specialty crops. She led the ARS program for 10 years that developed the existing solutions to detection and diagnosis of the disease. In addition, she was involved in citrus pathology since 1976 through employment with the Florida Department of Agriculture and the University of Florida as the Plant Pathology Department Chair.
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