Southwest Division, NAVFACENGCOM, Professional FSC Contracts Team/02

F -- NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SOL N68711-00-Q-4404 DUE 032700 POC Contract Specialist, Waimie M. Vann, 619-532-2077 WEB: sswwmv, http://www.esol.navfac.navy.mil. E-MAIL: sswwmv, vannwm@efdsw.navfac.navy.mil. The Southwest Division, NAVFACENGCOM intends to award a Sole Source, Simplified Acquisition Procedure (SAP) contract, which will not exceed $50,000, to KIVA Biological Consulting firm for surveying permanent line-distance transects for Desert Tortoise. The location of work is at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range and at the Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency's requirements. KIVA Biological has extensive experience in Desert Tortoise and has unique capabilities to survey permanent line-distance transects and only firms to be able to detect shell diseases in desert tortoise. No other price quotes or proposals will be accepte Posted 03/09/00 (D-SN432923). (0069)

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