MODIFICATION
F -- Workshop to Provide Zoning, Law Enforcement & Management Strategies for NOAAs 13 Marine Sanctuaries
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 813312
— Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61, 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NCND6000-9-11802
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2009
- Point of Contact
- Gina E Lee, Phone: 301-713-0820 x208
- E-Mail Address
-
gina.e.lee@noaa.gov
(gina.e.lee@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is amended to extend the Response Time to July 17, 2009. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Parts 12 and 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number NCND6000-9-11802 is issued as a request for quotation. The applicable North American Industry Code System code is 813312 and size standard $7.0. The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Marine Sanctuaries Division has a requirement to provide Workshops for the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The contractor shall hold a series of workshops to identify a range of options and good practices for monitoring and enforcement ensuring compliance within remote protected and specially managed marine areas. The contractor shall provide a 15-20 page background document will be prepared as a basis for discussions at the workshop that summarizes the following: 1) Scale of the problem: examples of the numbers, distribution, and sizes of remote marine managed areas in the Atlantic and globally. The recent large remote MPA designations by the US government in the Pacific highlight the global nature of this issue; 2) Types of activities typically regulated and associated considerations: Extraction of resources (fishing, mining), dumping, tourism, research etc; 3) Current monitoring and enforcement strategies (M&E): E.g. aerial surveillance, vessel patrol, dock checks, vessel observers, vessel monitoring systems (VMS), event recorders, on-board cameras or video, acoustic surveillance, etc; 4) Potential for improvement of current methods: E.g. updating VMS, higher resolution radar, better training for observers and enforcement personnel, real-time surveillance, etc; 5) Under-utilized and emerging technologies: Hyperspectral imaging, IR-LIDAR, long range radar, automatic identification systems, hydrophones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), ocean observing systems etc. Period of Performance: August 1, 2009 through August 1, 2010. The resulting purchase order shall be awarded on a best value basis and will be firm fixed price. Best value evaluation factors include the following: 1) Technical Approach - The likelihood of effectively meeting the requirements; 2) Past Performance - The relevance and quality of prior performance; and 3) Price - The amount, realism and consistency of the evaluated price. The evaluation shall be based on use of the adjectival scheme as follows: Outstanding (O) - Conspicuously striking in eminence; Good (G) - Beneficial and worthwhile; sound and valid; Adequate (A) - Reasonably sufficient and suitable; Marginal (M) - Minimally suitable at the lower limit. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-33. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.arnet.gov/far. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items - The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certificates - Commercial Item, FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items. FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor, FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, FAR.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons, FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. All responsible sources that can meet the requirements and provide the items as listed above may respond to this solicitation by submitting a quotation addressed to Gina E. Lee, Purchasing Agent, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, 1305 East West Highway, Suite 7144, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, to be received no later than July 10, 2009 at 12:00pm. The Government reserves the right to make one award or no award at all as a result of this solicitation. Responses are to be emailed to Gina.E.Lee@noaa,gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN01870217-W 20090711/090709235915-5e1ac411607c1b0e5e7a674efef61388 (fbodaily.com)
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