Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Update, Development, and Support of St. Lawrence River Northern Pike and Muskrat Performance Indicators

This is a Special Notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 5.2, Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions. A Solicitation will not be posted, however any firm who believes it can perform the required services may give written notice to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of publication of this Special Notice. Supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. Responses received will be evaluated; however a determination by the Government to compete the requirement based on the responses to this Special Notice is solely the discretion of the Government. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA) intends to award a Sole Source Firm Fixed Price Contract to the State Univeristy of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 

SUNY ESF is the only source that can provide the required services within the required schedule of performance at a reasonable cost. Award of a new contract to another source would require new sources to develop a new model for the Northern Pike YOY Indicator, a new model for the Muskrat House Density Indicator and a new model for Abiotic Attenuation, all of which would require an unreasonable duration of time to develop and would require peer review thus further delaying implementation of new models. Accordingly, award to any entity other than SUNY ESF is impractical.