SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Evaluatng the Role of Green Turtles
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Central Administrative Support Center, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, MO, 64106
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NFFN7020-4-00113SLW
- Response Due
- 7/7/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/7/2004
- Point of Contact
- Sharon Walker, Contract Specialist, Phone 816) 426-7267x241, Fax 816) 426-7530,
- E-Mail Address
-
sharon.walker@noaa.gov
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, FL intend to contract (base plus 2 options years) with the University of Florida Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research for evaluating the role of green turtles in their ecosystems and development of ecopath models for the Caribbean Seagrass and the Hawaiian Algal Ecosystems with Ecosim (EwE) software. The models will evaluate the population level of green turtles needed to fulfill their ecological function and restore healthy seagrass ecosystems. The primary herbivore in seagrass ecosystems is the green turtle. The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR) at the University of Florida has the only data bases on green turtle-seagrass interactions that will allow for the development of the EwE model. The unique datasets at the ACCSTR include a 30-year database on the nutritional ecology, growth, and demography of a wild population of green turtles feeding on seagrasses. The government knows of no other qualified source. The intended procurement is for services for which the Government intends to acquire from one source under the authority of 41USC253©(1). Any business sources able to provide the specific item referenced, are encouraged to respond to this announcement within 15 day after it’s publication. Interested firms should submit in writing, their name, address, point of contact, telephone number, business size and a brief statement regarding their capability and qualifications to provide the services specificed. This information should be faxed to 816-426-7530 Attn: Sharon Walker. This is not a request for proposals and there is not solicitation available at this time. This acquisition is being conducted pursuant to the quidelines set forth in FAR Part 13. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This is not a small business set-aside. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (22-JUN-2004); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Record
- SN00607968-F 20040624/040622212552 (fbodaily.com)
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