S -- - NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE OCNTRACT WITH THE ALASKA DEPT. OF FISH & GAME. Notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract with the Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game (AFDC) for the NOAA Damage Assessment Center (DAC). Purpose of contract is to install and maintain a juvenile adult weir and trap on the outlet of Summer Bay Lake, Unalaska Island. NOAA DAC is the Federal Lease Administrative Trustee for the assessment of impacts resulting from the 1997 grounding and oil spill from the freighter Kuroshima near Unalaska, Alaska. Oil from the stranded vessel contaminated a nearby salmon stream and freshwater lake. During the period 1998-1999 the ADFG has conducted monitoring of juvenile and adult salmonids in the affected lake. Monitoring of the juvenile and adult salmonids is critical to evaluating the oil spill and its impacts on DAC's mission. NOAA DAC has agreed to contract with ADFG to fund the labor, travel, and per diem costs of the 2000 monitoring effort. ADFG will provide housing, vehicle, and all permits and equipment necessary to operate the weir. The work site isin a remote location in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. There are no commercial firms at this site that perform this type of work. Due to remote location and cooperative nature of this work between DAC and the ADFG, no other source can perform work under the proposed contract. Public solicitation will not be issued. Questions concerning this acquisition may be directed to Randall Brown at 206-526-6226. This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $100,000. Posted 04/11/00 (W-SN443570).

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