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A -- DISENTANGLEMENT OF MARINE MAMMALS SOL 52EANF500121 POC Contact Sue Lewis, 804/441-6580/Contracting Officer, Lynne B. Phipps, 804/441-6580 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Center for Coastal Studies to develop a regional disentanglement network and a response protocol along the New England coast for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester, MA. Delivery - 3 months after date of contract. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6-302-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basis ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.(0199)

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