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70 -- PRODUCTION OF CAL DATABASE SYSTEM FOR MARBID SOL 52EANF600110. Contact Michele McCoy, 804/441-6879/Contracting Officer, Lynne B. Phipps, 804/441-6881. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to issue RFP 52EANF-6-00110 on a sole source basis to Dr. Mary Michevich, Washington, DC for production, publication and demonstration of final Coded Authority List (CAL) Database System for the U.S. Marine Biodiversity Database (MARBID). The contractor shall complete the final reviewed CAL Database for survey species within the Gulf of Maine. This database shall include multiple Linnean classifications and phylogenies of equal grading. The database together with all decisions regarding multiple possibilities shall be reviewed by the Taxon Protocol Committee of the National Systematics Laboratory. The contractor shall gather the information to produce the database. All the elements of CAL shall be populated model for all taxa within the database. The contractor shall certify that each taxon within CAL is rated according to the protocols established by the committee. The contractor shall certify that each taxon within CAL is rated according to the protocols established by the committee. The contractor shall insure that both the multiple classifications and multiple phylogenies are present. The contractor shall populate the database. The contractor shall follow the change track rules involving changes made between the CAL temporary file, the CAL database and database for which the contractor is responsible. A CAL History Data Entry program shall be written. The contractor shall complete Programs for CAL Database Management and design the CAL Data Management system, program the routines and produce a working version. The contractor shall complete the Development of routines leading to the final development of the Locality Information on Species (LIS) Data Management. Contractor shall write a scientific paper on the expert system protocols with figures and have this draft reviewed within the NSL and NMFS. This draft shall be revised and submitted to a recognized scientific journal. Dr. Michevich is the only known responsible source. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), only one responsible source. See Note 22 and Note 26. (212)

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