Notice of intent to procure on sole source basis

Added: Mar 10, 2015 7:45 pm NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Smultea Environmental Sciences, LLC to conduct aerial lines transect surveys for harbor porpoise in San Juan Islands and Strait of Juan de Fuca.

This requirement will allow the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center and West Coast Region to accomplish its mission of completing the required updating of the Stock Assessment Report of harbor porpoise in inland waters of Washington. This work is a continuation of project currently underway through US Navy funded contract. The survey of San Juan Islands and Strait of Juan de Fuca will be scheduled immediately following the survey for the Navy which complete surveys of all the inland waters of Washington by a single team of investigators and generate one report.

This notice represents the only official notice. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. It is the Government's belief that only Smultea Environmental Sciences, LLC can complete the work and provide the deliverables under this contract. However, interested firms or individuals may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by submitting in writing their name and information to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Questions concerning this announcement must be emailed to Maria Mendoza at maria.l.mendoza@noaa.gov or faxed at (206)527-7513. This is a simplified acquisition.