SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation 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
- WASC-6-418
- Response Due
- 3/22/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/6/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (REGENTS) FOR THE NMFS/NW FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE LABORATORY ANALYSES OF ANTIBODY HETEROGENEITY AND IMMUNE SYSTEM REGULATION ASSOCIATED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR WILL IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT MEMBERS OF THE VH, DH, AND JH FAMILIES IN CIRCULATING ANTIBODIES EXPRESSED BY CHINOOK SALMON NOT EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS. IDENTIFY THE V(D)J FAMILY COMBINATION THAT RESPONDS TO L. ANGUILLARUM INFECTION IN CHINOOK SALMON NOT EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS. EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS ON THE DIVERSITY OF CIRCULATING ANTIBODIES EXPRESSED BY CHINOOK SALMON. DESIGN AND ANALYZE GENE EXPRESSION OF SELECTED IMMUNOLOGICALLY AND TOXICOLOGICALLY RELEVANT GENES IN CHINOOK SALMON ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO DIFFERING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS. IDENTIFY MOLECULAR MARKERS OF EXPOSURE TO DIFFERING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS. EXPORE METHODS OF LINKING GENE EXPRESSION IN INDIVIDUAL FISH TO POPULATION NUMBERS OF CHINOOK SALMON IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FOR 3/2006 ? 3/2007 (ONE YEAR). DR. BRAVO OF THE REGENTS IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE FOR CONDUCTING THIS RESEARCH ON FISH DISEASES, FISH HUSBANDRY, TOXICOLOGY AND SPECIFICALLY DNA MICROARRAY. SOURCES WHO BELIEVE THEY POSSESS SIMILAR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE MAY SUBMIT SAME IN WRITING. INFORMATION WILL ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO ISSUE A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Record
- SN01001248-W 20060309/060307211831 (fbodaily.com)
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