SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Automated Analysis of Bird Vocalization Recordings
- Notice Date
- 6/8/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations, MMS Procurement Branch, HQ381 Elden Street, MS 2101HerndonVA20170-4817US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Point of Contact
- <br />
- E-Mail Address
-
Bridge, Debra M.
(bridged@mms.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), Procurement Operations Branch, is the contracting office for this procurement. The purpose of this notice is to announce the intent to award a contract on a sole source basis, subject to the availability of funds, to the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The Minerals Management Service anticipates awarding a contract to the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology (CLO) to use the worlds most extensive library of bird sounds at CLOs Macaulay Library to develop software and software algorithms to automate the analysis of sound recordings of bird calls made over extensive timeframes with lengthy intervals between bird vocalizations. The Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology is found to be the only program with experience recording bird calls in the offshore environment. It is anticipated that this effort will occur over an 18-month period, funded in the maximum amount of $250,000. This is NOT a request for competitive proposals. This Notice of Intent is for informational purposes only. However, any information received by the Point of Contact (POC) listed below, by close of business on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. POC: Debra Bridge, MMS, Procurement Operations Branch, 381 Elden Street, MS-2101, Herndon, VA 20170. Any response must be emailed to debra.bridge@mms.gov. PHONE CALLS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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