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R -- NATIONAL MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERIES STATISTICS SURVEY SOL 52-DGNF-8-90016 POC Kari L. Bilal, Contract Specialist (301)713-0823; Edward F. Tennant, Jr., Contracting Officer (301)713-0823 WEB: Solicitation -- ACTIVE (National Marine Fisheries Statistics Survey), http://www.rdc.noaa.gov/~amd/SOLINDEX.HTML. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail}, Kari.L.Bilal@noaa.gov. Conduct of an annual survey to collect participation, catch, and effort data on marine recreational fisheries of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. Data collection shall be by means of on-site intercept interviews and telephone interviews. The results of the intercept interviews and the telephone interviews are processed by the National Marine Fisheries Service to produce estimates of total catch by species and total fishing effort. Offers may be submitted for either or both of the (1) on-site intercept interview data collection, or (2) telephone interview data collection. The period of performance for conduct of the intercept interviews shall be from January 1 through December 31, 1999. Telephone interviews shall be conducted from January 1, 1999 through January 31, 2000. Delivery of all data collected (intercept and telephone) shall be completed by February 29, 2000, and delivery of final documentation must be completed by April 30, 2000. Options shall be included for the 2000 survey (intercept interviews from January 1 through December 31, 2000. Telephone interviews from January 1, 2000 through January 31, 2001. Delivery of all data collected (intercept and telephone) completed by February 28, 2001, and delivery of final documentation by April 30, 2001.) and; the 2001 survey (intercept interviews from January 1 through December 31, 2001. Telephone interviews from January 1, 2001 through January 31, 2002. Delivery of all data collected (intercept and telephone) completed by February 28, 2002, and delivery of final documentation by April 30, 2002.). The resultant contract will be subject to the Service Contract Act and the place of performance for work other than on-site intercept interviews is unknown. Wage determinations will be requested for all locations at which on-site intercept interviews are to be conducted. Additionally, wage determinations will be requested for San Diego, CA, Chicago, IL, Metropolitan Washington, DC, Denver CO, Salt Lake City, UT, and Radnor PA. The Contracting Officer willrequest wage determinations for additional localities if asked to do so in writing by 5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, on the fourteenth calendar day after the date of issuance of Solicitation No. 52-DGNF-8-90016. Solicitation No. 52-DGNF-8-90016 will be issued on or about March 6,1998 and will close on or about April 20, 1998. All requests for copies of the solicitation document shall be in writing. No telephone requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. (0036)

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