Sole Source Justification Muddy River - COCO signed - PRINT_Redacted_1.pdf

A. Description

B. Justification

a. Circumstances

United States Department of the Interior

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Sole Source Justification

Fish Survey of Muddy River in Souther Nevada from April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020.

Estimated Value is $33,500.00

Research being requested is a continuation of work previously contracted under 140F0119F0124 awarded to Bio-West. The research needs to be conducted in exactly the same manner and location each year to comply with scientific best practices and to preserve historical data for data integrity and continuity, which would be lost by awarding to a different firm.

This data will be published and released to the scientific community. If data integrity and continuity is not preserved the results will not be scientifically acceptable or useful.

Replication of historical data would cause a burden to the Government in terms of cost and time.

b. Other Capable Sources

No firms responded to Notice of Sources Sought posted on BETA.SAM.GOV under 140F0120Q0053.

C. Recommendation and Certification by Program Office

Based on the above justification, I recommend this acquisition to be conducted using sole source acquisition procedures as specified in FAR Part 13. I hereby certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Program / Project Officer Date

D. Contracting Officer Certification and Approval

Based on the above justification, I hereby certify that the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source reasonably available and approve the use of sole source acquisition procedures for this purchase

Date

. Concurrence by (only required for awards exceeding $ K)

I hereby concur that the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Date

E. Concurrence by Chief of Contracting Office (only required for awards exceeding $25K)

I hereby concur that the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Chief of Contracting Office Date

c. Barriers to Competition

The incumbent has the historical data needed to be used to provide reporting. Reproduction of the historical data by the Government is resource intensive.