B -- B -- MA STATE RIGHT WHALE CONSERVATION PROGRAM

Notice Date

September 14, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Administrative Support Center, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, 23510

ZIP Code

23510

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-NFFM1020-1-00675

Response Due

September 28, 2001

Point of Contact

Teresa Watson, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 441-6528, Fax (757) 441-3786, Email teresa.l.watson@noaa.gov -- Lynne Phipps, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 441-6881, Fax (757) 441-3786, Email lynne.b.phipps@noaa.gov

Description

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Protected Resources Division is issuing notice of intent to negotiate a sole source procurement with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) to provide support for the Massachusetts State Right Whale Conservation Program. Within the proposed contract, NMFS is looking towards the State of Massachusetts to assist in reducing the risk to right whales proposed by certain fisheries. Massachusetts DMF's knowledge of its state licensed fishermen and of the lobster and gillnet fisheries within its waters in integral to large whale take reduction. The proposed contract supports the state-federal cooperative agreement to further reduce right whale threats. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 USC 253 (c) (1), Only One Responsible Source. Interested parties may identify their interest and must provide evidence of their capability to respond to the requirement by September 28, 2001. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Numbered Note 22 applies.=20

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010918/BSOL011.HTM (D-257 SN50X6F9)