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B -- SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION STUDY SOL W71B7J-9173-A041 DUE 083199 POC Bobbie McKoy, Purchasing Agent, (301) 394-1202; Beth Smith, Contracting Officer, (301) 394-3371 Contractor shall perform Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Study at the Blossom Point Research Facility. The SAV Study includes collecting data on existing beds of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Nanjemoy Creek within the following Parameters: (#1) wave attenuation of SAV during different wind conditions, (#2) sedimentation rates and sediment characteristics in the SAV colonized area, (#3) collection of historical and present data from a breakwater built in a SAV bed in the lower Choptank River, and (#4) seasonal photosynthetic response of SAV. It is the government's intent to award this contract to Horn Point Laboratory, University System of Maryland, Center For Environmental Science, Cambridge, Maryland, on sole source basis. Based on a market-survey, Horn Point Laboratory is the only known source in the state of Maryland that possesses the knowledge, professional expertise, and laboratory facilities capable of performing this service. Firms that recognize and can perform the required service described above are encouraged to identify themselves by faxing capability statements and supporting evidence within fifteen (15) calendar days of publication of this synopsis. The final determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition, based on information provided, is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement and supporting evidence for consideration by the agency to Bobbie McKoy, (301) 394-4910. No telephone requests will be considered. See Note(s) 22!! Posted 08/18/99 (W-SN369498). (0230)

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