SPECIAL NOTICE
F -- Scientific and technical consulting services for Deep-water Fishery Independent Survey of Reef Fishes in Puerto Rico
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2023 9:06:41 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA KANSAS CITY MO 64106 USA
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- FD-2023-216
- Response Due
- 4/26/2023 11:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Shawana Randolph
- E-Mail Address
-
Shawana.Randolph@noaa.gov
(Shawana.Randolph@noaa.gov)
- Description
- Special Notice: FD-2023-216 NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC In compliance with FAR Subpart 13 coupled with the provisions set forth by FAR Subpart 5.101(a)(1), this Notice is hereby published to inform of the following: The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Hector Jose Ruiz Torrez Using the procedures of FAR Part 13 the requirement is to procure the following: The scientific and technical consulting contractor shall provide vessels, captains, and observers that meet the specifications outlined in the statement of work (SOW). The vessels will be used in performing deployment and retrieval of hook and line fishing equipment at each station, and acquiring biological samples and general fish information of targeted and incidental catch. The vessel(s) will be required to complete a total of no less than 200 stations, island wide, as determined by site selection.�This work will occur in Puerto Rico within 12 miles of coast and 20 miles from port of departure, from depths of 50 m - 450 m. Additional data collection objectives include obtaining biological information from queen snapper Etelis oculatus, silk snapper Lutjanus vivanus, blackfin snapper L. buccanella, vermilion snapper Rhomboplites aurobens, wenchman snapper Pristipomoides aquilonaris, cardinal snapper P. macrophthalmus, black snapper Apsilus dentatus, misty grouper Hyporthodus mystacinus, and red hind Epinephelus guttatus. Targeted snapper species will be subsampled at sea. Subsampled specimens will be retained for biological processing on land as part of a collaborative effort funded by the territorial initiative. Biological samples (otoliths, gonads, eyes, and tissue) will be collected and archived for use in age, growth, reproduction, and population connectivity studies. Tissue samples will be collected from both target species and incidental catch for use in a concurrent DNA barcoding study. The results of these efforts will support this year�s approved Cooperative Research Program project, �Deep-water Fishery Independent Survey of Reef Fishes in Puerto Rico�. The scope and corresponding funding for this research is assessed and approved annually and this year�s project approval expands the scope island-wide. The work is to be conducted from 09/01/2023 - 08/30/2024. The applicable Size Standard is North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541690 with a Small business size standard of $19.0M. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries lab in Panama City, FL was recently awarded funding for the project, �Deep-water Fishery Independent Survey of Reef Fishes in Puerto Rico� through the Cooperative Research Program to complete a year of research utilizing a working relationship with commercial fishermen to use low cost methods to gain information regarding the deep water habitats and the deep water snapper fishery in Puerto Rico.�This project builds off of several previously awarded contracts that Hector Jose Ruiz Torres is either currently conducting, or conducted in past years. In order to ensure the success of this project, the methods must remain standardized and usable in analysis, and the gear must be deployed using the same standardized approach as used in previous years.�It is absolutely necessary for the contractor to have working relationships with the commercial fishing industry, and the observer program in Puerto Rico, which Hector Jose Ruiz Torres unequivocally does. There are multiple justifications for a sole source award in this project. The strongest rationale is scientific quality. The ability to detect treatment effects relies on the ability to reduce extraneous variability; changing vendors midway through the project will unquestionably introduce bias and variance as different anglers will vary in their procedures, even if following the same set of instructions. Small changes in procedures can have profound impacts on outcomes. Based on the previously awarded contracts, the CV�s generated by the methods and procedures used by Ruiz Torres have reduced sampling efforts by 46% for queen snapper, and 36% for silk snapper when compared to a simple random survey design. By doing so, the data collected resulted in CVs of mean CPUE ranging from 13-15% for queen and silk snapper. These low CV�s are critically important to the success of the project and their use in Caribbean stock assessments. **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. Attachments Single Source Determination �
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- Place of Performance
- Address: PR, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06646427-F 20230413/230411230104 (samdaily.us)
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