Monitoring of endangered right whales in coastal waters of northeast florida

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, intends to obtain non-personal services to perform Monitoring of Endangered Right Whales in Coastal Waters of Northeast Florida. The contract award will be part of an ongoing volunteer right whale sighting network led by Associated Scientists at Woods Hole. This volunteer network coordinates with the larger right whale sighting program managed by NOAA and FWC. The USACE Jacksonville District has responsibility for maintaining a number of inlets between Fernandina and Cape Canaveral, Florida. These inlets include Fernandina Harbor/Kings bay (St. Mary's River entrance channel), Jacksonville Harbor (St. Johns River entrance channel), St. Augustine Inlet, Ponce de Leon Inlet, and Canaveral Harbor entrance channel. The coastal waters off southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida, where these inlets are located, are the only known calving and wintering grounds for the endangered North Atlantic right whale. The Contractor shall provide all management, supervision, inspections, personnel, equipment, tools, supplies, materials, transportation and other items necessary to perform monitoring services. A firm-fixed price commercial item contract is considered for this acquisition.
The contract award will be for a base year with four option years. This acquisition is being solicited as unrestricted. NAICS Code is 541620, Size standard is $7.0 Million. Solicitation W912EP 11-T-0013 will be issued on or about 27 January 2011 and offers will be due on or about 3 February 2011. Point of contact: Sheila I. Borges, Contract Specialist, telephone number 904-232-2180, email sheila.i.borges@usace.army.mil. Alternate Point of Contact: Brenda L. Martin, Contracting Officer, telephone number 904 232-3820, email brenda.l.martin@usace.army.mil. Mailing address is 701 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32207-8175. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website. No phone or fax requests for a copy of solicitation will be accepted. There is a VENDOR USER GUIDE available on the Federal Business Opportunities website. In order to receive notification of any amendments to this solicitation, interested vendors must REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. If you are not registered, the Government is not responsible with providing you with notification of any changes to this solicitation. In addition, in order to generate a Plan Holders List, all interested bidders must also REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR which is also located on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Registration Requirements: DFARS 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration (CCR), applies to this procurement. You must be registered in the CCR in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Department of Defense CCR database prior to award. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered.