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B -- MONITORING ENDANGERED CAVE SHRIMP POPULATION SOL DAAH03-96-R-0026 DUE 091996 POC (pcf)Anna Chance, Contract Specialist, AMSMI-AC-CFEB, (205)876-0829; Ruth P. Metcalf, Contracting Officer, AMSMI-AC-CFEB, (205)876-4225. Synopsis Number 4054-96. It is the Government's intent to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to the Alabama Geological Survey to conduct monitoring of federally listed endangered Alabama cave shrimp population and physical habitat parameters affecting the population on Redstone Arsenal, AL. Failure to conduct these monitoring activities could result in violation of the Endangered Species Act which carries both civial and criminal penalties. Alabama Geological Survey has successfully completed three years of research on the Alabama cave shrimp for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) which is the regulatory agency for endangered species. Alabama Geological Survey is a state agency and will provide matching funds for this project, thus providing a substantial savings for the Government. In addition, Alabama Geological Survey biological staff have the required permit from FWS to conduct this monitoring effort;therefore, it would not be practicable to contract through any other source(s). The statutory authority for this procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Based on the determination that the Government's minimum needs can only be satisfied by unique services available from only one source. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0212)

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