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H -- BIOLOGICAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE QUALITY CONTROL AND FISH SAMPLING FUNCTIONS FOR THE COE JUVENILE FISH TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, WASHINGTON AND OREGON SOL DACW68-98-R-0005 DUE 031198 POC Contract Specialist Patricia A. Carroll (509) 527-7214 (Site Code DACW68) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Walla Walla District, intends to negotiate and award a sole-source procurement in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) to Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Gladstone, Oregon. Requirement is for biological services to provide quality control and fish sampling functions for the COE Juvenile Fish Transportation Program at Lower Granite, Little Goose and Lower Monumental Dams, Washington and McNary Dam, Oregon. Prospective contractor must have an existing Endangered Species Act Section 10 permit from National Marine Fisheries Service enabling contractor to anesthetize and sample ESA listed juvenile Snake River chinook and sockeye salmon and steelhead and Upper Columbia River steelhead. The permit must authorize the taking of the listed stocks at all of the above mentioned COE projects. It must also include a large enough take allowance to cover the anticipated number of listed species handled in the daily samples at each project. Work will be performed between March 23, 1998 and December 18, 1998. Size standard for small business concerns under Standard Industrial Classification code 8733, is average annual gross receipts of a concern taken for the last three (3) fiscal years must not exceed $5 million. See Note 22. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by this agency. (0029)

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