SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/1/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-WASC-4-1015
- Response Due
- 7/16/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/31/2004
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Purchasing Agent, Phone (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
-
randal.w.brown@noaa.gov
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE BISHOP MUSEUM FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) IN HONOLULU, HI. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROCESS AND SEPARATE PREY HARD PARTS FROM 400 MONK SEALS OR SPEWS. SAMPLES TO BE SCREENED THROUGH MISCELLANEOUS SIEVE SIZES AND SUBMITTED TO NMFS SPECIALISTS FOR IDENTIFICATION. CEPHALOPOD BEAKS WILL BE STORED IN 70% ALCOHOL AND FISH HARD PARTS WILL BE STORED IN PLASTIC BOXES. ALSO IDENTIFY FISH BONES, SCALES AND OTOLITHS FROM ALL PROCESSED SAMPLES TO DATE TO LOWEST TAXON POSSIBLE. ESTABLISH REFERENCE LIBRARY OF FISH SKELETONS USING DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FROM 9/1/04 ? 3/31/05. BISHOP MUSEUM IN HONOLULU IS AMONG THE TEN LARGEST NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS IN THE U.S. AND IS THE PREMIER NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN THE PACIFIC REGION. BISHOP MUSEUM POSSESSES EXTENSIVE COMPARATIVE FISH COLLECTIONS, EXPERT TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF, AND AVAILABLE LABORATORY SPACE AND ACCESS TO STATE OF THE ART TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT TO ACHIEVE TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF TAXA. EQUIVALENT ANALYTICAL SERVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM ANY KNOWN COMMERCIAL SOURCE DUE TO PROHIBITIVE COST OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A SIMILAR COMPARATIVE COLLECTION. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN00613689-W 20040703/040701211815 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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