SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-7-792
- Response Due
- 8/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW) TO EXAMINE LINKS BETWEEN HABITAT QUALITY AND SPAWNING SITE SELECTION IN AN INTENSIVELY MONITORED SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAM IN THE YAKIMA RIVER. PROPOSED VENDOR WILL 1) ASSIST WITH MAPPING AND ASSESSING HABITAT DISTRIBUTION AND QUALITY IN THE UPPER YAKIMA RIVER BASIN, 2) ASSIST WITH ANALYSIS AND STATISTICAL MODELING OF THE HOMING AND SPAWNING PATTERNS OF SPRING CHINOOK SALMON TO IDENTIFY KEY HABITAT FEATURES ESSENTIAL FOR SPAWNING, 3) ASSIST WITH INTENSIVE REACH SCALE ASSESSMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE AREAS TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL CUES THAT ARE INDICATIVE OF APPROPRIATE SPAWNING HABITAT, AND 4) ASSIST IN DEVELOPING DISPERSAL MODELS THAT WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE REGARDING THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTATION WITHIN A WATERSHED IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT HABITAT QUALITY AND DISTRIBUTION AND FUTURE HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS. UW IS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE QUALIFIED TO ASSIST WITH STREAM HABITAT DATA AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE FISH-HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS AT MULTIPLE SCALES. DR. CHRISTIAN TORGERSON AT UW IS A WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERT IN QUANTITATIVE LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, ESPECIALLY OF RIVERINE SYSTEMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED BIOTA. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION, REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRY (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL
- Record
- SN01361395-W 20070805/070803220531 (fbodaily.com)
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