Whale.Sole.Source_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Special Notice from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Acquisition Division indicating their intent to negotiate a sole-source contract with the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences for a Fin Whale Research Project. NOAA requires support for the collection of individual identification and movement data of the endangered fin whale within the inner Gulf of Maine region. The University of Maine research group is uniquely capable of providing the specific needs of temporal and spatial coverage within the regional waters. This is not a request for competitive proposals, but firms that believe they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit capability statements by the due date of July 16, 12:00 EST. The government will evaluate the responses solely to determine whether to conduct this procurement competitively, which is at their sole discretion.