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B -- PALILA BIRD RECOVERY ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU AND HAWAII SOL DACA83-97-R-0024 DUE 061397 POC Contract Specialist, JENNIFER KO, (808) 438-8580 E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail, jennifer.ko@pod01.usace.army.mil. B -- PALILA BIRD RECOVERY ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU AND HAWAII SOL DACA83-97-R-0024 DUE 060697 POC Contract Specialist JENNIFER KO (808) 438-8580 (Site Code XXCA83), U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu. This requirement is pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Section 2304(c)(1), "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements". The period of performance will be for a base period of two years with three one year pre-priced option periods. The Palila bird recovery includes developing management techniques, utilizing translocation, breeding enhancement and husbandry and habitat management to facilitate the recovery of the Palila (Loxioides Bailleleue) on the Islands of Oahu and Hawaii. Personnel must be experienced in all established protocols, and as researchers, licensed bird breeders, have Endangered Species Act permits from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the State of Hawaii and meet all requirements for working with endangered species and be in compliancewith the Animal Welfare Act. All breeding activities shall be accomplished at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, operated by the Peregrine Fund. The Cooperative National Parks Resources Studies Unit (CPSU Hawaii) of the University of Hawaii is the only known source who has the ability to perform the required services. This facility is not available for the use of any private contractor, unless such contractor is in direct partnership with the Peregrine Fund and the USFWS and the State of Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). Currently, there are no direct partners who are authorized use of the facility except CPSU Hawaii. Major work tasks include: the preparation and coordination of the work plan for the accomplishment recovery objectives of the project; prepare and submit quarterly progress reports; perform background research/field familiarization with the core breeding areas and possible translocation sites on Mauna Kea and Pohakuloa Training Area; determination of which is the best translocation site, and the development of procedures for translocation of wild juvenile palila, monitoring of translocation, monitoring of translocated captive-reared and control birds, and evaluating the survival, dispersal and behavior of translocated captive-reared and control birds; develop breeding and husbandry enhancement methods; habitat management including evaluation of habitat for near-term and long-term translocation potential and controlling predators in the area where palila are translocated. Contractor shall perform the following actions/to expand inventory and enhance management of natural and cultural resources on Army lands in Hawaii on the Islands of Oahu and Hawaii through: a) Rare threatened and endangered plant monitoring and protection; b) Invertebrate inventory, monitoring and protection; c) Vertebrate inventory, monitoring and protection; d) Weed monitoring, mapping and protection; e) Ungulate census, monitoring and control; f) Cultural resources inventory and management; g) Establish stream monitoring plots. The approximate issue date of the solicitation is 2 May 97. Solicitation documents will be available at a cost of $10.00. This charge is non-refundable. Make check payable to: U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean. Request for solicitation documents shall be made in writing and must include the solicitation number, description, date and number of solicitation documents requested and must be accompanied by check or money order mailed to Finance and Accounting Officer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean, Fort Shafter, Hawaii 96858-5440. Payment by cash (DO NO MAIL CASH) will be accepted and must be handcarried to Building 200, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. See Note 22. (0108)

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