USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055

F -- DEVELOPMENT OF LICHEN COMMUNITY GRADIENT MODELS FOR CALIFORNIA SOL R6-6-00-170 POC Carl Culham, Contracting Officer, 503/668-1667, or Sally Campbell 503/808-2034 WEB: Development of Lichen Community Gradient Models for, http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/noca. E-MAIL: Development of Lichen Community Gradient Models for, cculham@us.gov. Development of Lichen Community Gradient Models for California. Conduct field work to sample and identify lichens in the Sierran Steppe-Mixed Forest and North Coast Provinces and the California Coast Range Open Range Open Woodland Provice. Analyze data and prepare manuscript for submission to peer review journal and provide reports detailing data collection and describing gradient models. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations. This proposed procurement action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with a single source under authority of FAR 13.106-1. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. All contacts received within fifteen (15) days after date of publication of this notice will be considered. Information received will be considered at the sole discretion of the Government with regard to the Government determination not to compete this procurement. All work is to be completed by December 30, 2003. "See Numbered Note 22". Posted 07/24/00 (W-SN478213). (0206)

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