SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- DEMOSPONGE TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION SERVICES FOR DEMOSPONGES FOUND IN ALASKAN WATERS
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2021 8:00:13 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Solicitation Number
- NFFS7100-21-02950MCW
- Response Due
- 7/24/2021 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 08/08/2021
- Point of Contact
- Michelle C Walton, Phone: 3034976335
- E-Mail Address
-
Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov
(Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH DR. HELMUT LEHNERT OUT OF GERMANY TO PROVIDE DEMOSPONGE TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION SERVICES FOR DEMOSPONGES FOUND IN ALASKAN WATERS. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT DR. HELMUT LEHNERT IS THE LEADING EXPERT IN DEMOSPONGE TAXONOMY IN THE NORTH PACIFIC AND ONE OF THE FEW TAXONOMISTS FOR THIS GROUP IN THE WORLD. HE HAS HELD A CONTINUOUS SERIES OF CONTRACTS FROM ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SPONGES FROM THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, THE BERING SEA AND THE GULF OF ALASKA. HIS WORK HAS RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY AND THE DESCRIPTION OF MORE THAN 50 NEW SPECIES FROM ALASKA. IT HAS ALSO PRODUCED TWENTY-FIVE PUBLICATIONS FROM THESE INVESTIGATIONS FROM 2004 TO PRESENT. WORLDWIDE THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TRAINED TAXONOMISTS. SPONGE IDENTIFICATION REQUIRES EXPERT SKILLS FOR CORRECT IDENTIFICATION SINCE SPONGES CAN TAKE MANY SHAPES AND SIZES. SIMPLE-TO-USE IDENTIFICATION GUIDES FOR THE NONTAXONOMIST ARE RARE OR ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A FEW TAXONOMIC GROUPS INCLUDING MOST SPECIES OF DEMOSPONGES IN ALASKA. IN ADDITION, TAXONOMIC INFORMATION IS OFTEN IN FORMATS AND LANGUAGES THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE OR ACCESSIBLE TO RESEARCHERS WITH EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD.WHILE INVESTIGATING OTHER POSSIBLE TAXONOMISTS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THEY LACK EXPERTISE WITH NORTH PACIFIC SPECIES. WITHOUT DR. HELMUT LEHNERT�S EXPERTISE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE ANTICIPATE THE DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF DEMOSPONGES FROM THE SAMPLES THAT WILL BE EXAMINED. AFSC STAFF HAVE CO-AUTHORED THE DESCRIPTION OF MORE THAN 70 LIFE FORMS OF SPONGES AND ARE QUITE KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH THE FIELD OF SPONGE TAXONOMY. THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF EXPERTS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE SKILLED IN THE MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES, ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LITERATURE (WHICH IS OFTEN IS VERY OLD, FOREIGN AND NON-TRANSLATED DOCUMENTS), AND HAVE ACCESS TO AND TRAINING IN THE VERY SOPHISTICATED AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THIS WORK. THERE ARE NO EXPERTS IN NOAA OR ANY OTHER US GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO OUR KNOWLEDGE. THE FEW EXPERTS THAT ARE IN THIS FIELD WORK FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS ABROAD AND WE THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT OPENLY COMPETES FOR SUCH WORK ADVERTISED ON THE MARKET, DR.HELMUT LEHNERT. ***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET 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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: DEU
- Country: DEU
- Country: DEU
- Record
- SN06056251-F 20210711/210709230113 (samdaily.us)
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