Redwood National Park, 1111 Second Street, Crescent City, CA 95531

F -- MARBLED MURRELET SURVEY SOL RQ848000009 POC Ms. Lyn Giddings, (707) 464-6101, ext. 5041 E-MAIL: National Park Service, Redwood National Park, lyn_giddings@nps.gov. The National Park Service seeks qualified firms/contractors to conduct marbled murrelet (MAMU) surveys in the Lost Man Creek watershed at Redwood National Park (RNP), located near Orick in Humboldt County, CA. Eleven hundred and eight acres need to be surveyed to determine presence and occupancy of MAMUs within mile of proposed work sites. The vegetation is primarily second growth redwood-Douglas fir forest with scattered residual old growth redwood and Douglas fir trees. One hundred ninety acres to be surveyed are in old growth redwood forest. The MAMU survey data will be used in consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to determine possible effects of noise generated by watershed restoration/road removal projects on marbled murrelets. No old growth trees will be removed during the road removal projects although second growth vegetation growing on the road prism will be removed. The MAMU surveys must be conducted as specified in "Methods for Surveying for Marbled Murrelets in Forests: A Protocol for Land Management and Research", dated March 1994 and as amended by subsequent annual letters from the USFWS. The government intends to award one request-for-proposal type purchase order for the 2000 breeding season with an option to extend the contract for the 2001 breeding season to resurvey the same areas. The following criteria, listed in order of importance, will be used in the selection of qualified firms: (1) Past performance; (2) MAMU survey experience; and (3) Price. Interested parties may submit a written request for solicitation to the attention of the Purchasing Agent, Redwood National Park, 1111 Second Street, Crescent City, CA 95531. This will be a firm fixed price contract, set aside for small businesses. A limited number of solicitation packages will become available approximately mid-March on a first-come, first-served basis until supply is exhausted. There will be no charge for the solicitation package, however only one copy will be furnished per each requesting party. Interested parties should request a solicitation package in writing to the Purchasing Agent at Redwood National Park or fax it to (707) 464-1812. Telephone requests will not be honored. Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429760). (0060)

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