F -- F -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE MAINE STATE RIGHT WHALE CONSERVATION PLAN

Notice Date

December 3, 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

EA1330-02-RP-0004

Response Due

December 18, 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 Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to provide support for the State of Maine Right Whale Conservation Plan. Within the proposed contract, NMFS is looking towards the State of Maine to assist in reducing the risk to right whales proposed by certain fisheries. Maine DMR's knowledge of its state licensed fishermen and of the lobster and gillnet fisheries within its waters is integral to large whale take reduction. The proposed contract supports state directed efforts 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 December 18, 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. 20011205/FSOL002.HTM (D-337 SN514207)