SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Seabird Work in the Antarctic
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Lab, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, New Jersey, 07732, United States
- ZIP Code
- 07732
- Solicitation Number
- SWFSC111
- Archive Date
- 8/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- pamela.g.jones, Phone: 8585467009
- E-Mail Address
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pamela.g.jones@noaa.gov
(pamela.g.jones@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- SECTION C. DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT We are looking for someone with the knowledge and capability as follows. The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities (except as otherwise specified), to perform the following Statement of Work/Specifications. STATEMENT OF WORK/SPECIFICATION I. BACKGROUND The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (Title III of Pub.L. 98-623, 16 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) Provides the legislative authority necessary to implement, with respect to the United States, the Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program. The AMLR Program, which is managed by the Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division (AERD) at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), provides information to the U.S. delegation to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), part of the Antarctic treaty system. CCAMLR is an international treaty between 23 nations that seeks to manage Antarctic fisheries with the goal of preserving species diversity and stability of the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem. In keeping with this objective, CCAMLR has designated areas of research that member nations are obligated to pursue. The AMLR Program has identified specific data sets that must be collected to respond to CCAMLR's research directives. In doing so, the AMLR Program supports the U.S. Government's commitment to CCAMLR. In 1996/97, the AMLR Program, in cooperation with the NSF, began providing logistical support for the NSF field camp at Admiralty Bay, King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Within the vicinity of this study area, the AMLR program has a large-area survey grid. The NSF field camp and study area are adjacent to an area where reproductive success and feeding ecology of breeding penguins have been monitored since 1976. Dr Wayne Trivelpiece has directed the predator studies at this NSF site since its inception in 1976, together with Susan G. Trivelpiece, Co-PI. In October 1997, Dr Trivelpiece accepted a full time position with the NMFS in La Jolla, CA and the NSF transferred funding for the continuation of this study to the SWFSC. II. PURPOSE A. Overall Program Objectives The AMLR Program monitors a suite of predators, primarily penguins at the Copacabana field site and formulates management advice to CCAMLR. In addition, the Program conducts field research designed to describe the functional relationships between krill (Euphausia superba), their predators, and key environmental variables. B. Specific Study Objectives The objectives of the research covered by this contract include the following: (1) To assist the field leader and the PIs with collecting standardized data related to penguin and seabird reproduction, growth, abundance and distribution, and survival; (2) To assist with the field season logistics in deploying, maintaining and retrieving equipment and supplies to/from the field; and, (2) To participate in the data reduction of results collected over the field season as directed by the field leader and PIs. III. CONTRACT TASKS A. TASKS: Field Assistant 1. Logistics Plan: The Contractor will provide input, based upon experience in participating in field operations, to establishing and maintaining our field camp in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica and will assist in the transfer of materials, supplies and equipment from the research vessel to Admiralty Bay. 2. Seabird Research at Admiralty Bay: The Contractor will use prior research experience to assist in completing the various aspects of the research at Admiralty Bay. The Contractor will assist in the collection of penguin and seabird reproductive, growth, abundance and distribution, and survival data. Specifically, the Contractor will assist in the penguin and seabird reproductive studies, in weighing penguin chicks, banding penguins, obtaining stomach samples, placement of radio transmitters, PTTs and TDRs, etc, as directed by the field leader and Co-PIs. B. GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED AND CONTRACTOR-PROVIDED PROPERTY The Government will provide warm weather clothes such as raingear, parkas, gloves, and boots. The Government will also provide all tools, boats, and scientific equipment needed to complete the specific tasks above. The Government, via NSF/ASA travel, will provide a round trip ticket from the Contractor's home in the US to Chile and return. The Contractor will provide personal clothes, such as pants, shirts, undergarments, socks, etc. The Contractor will also provide personal effects that might be desired while aboard the ship or on the island. IV. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND DELIVERABLES: The Contractor shall contribute to the Field Season Report as directed by the field leader and shall submit all data she personally collected during the field season to the field leader for final processing by March 15, 2010. The Government does not provide insurance to the Contractor and under most circumstances is not liable for injuries suffered by the Contractor during the performance of duties. Travel shall include all costs, except airfare, associated with getting the Contractor from the U.S. to Chile and return, including ground transportation, lodging, food and miscellaneous expenses associated with this travel. VI. PERIOD OF CONTRACT: The contract shall begin August 1, 2009 and end March 31, 2010.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 3333 N Torrey Pines Court, La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
- Zip Code: 92037
- Zip Code: 92037
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