36--Notice of Intent to Award Noncompetitive Order for Rotary Screw Traps

Notice of Intent to Award Noncompetitive Purchase Order. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contracting and General Services, Portland, OR intends to purchase rotary screw trap systems with trailers and a standard juvenile outmigrant monitoring fisheries sampling device. E. G. Solutions, of Corvallis, OR is the only licensed manufacturer of this device and holds the U. S. patent for fish traps utilizing the rotary screw trap design. Such design allows the Service and other agencies to collect, measure, and enumerate salmonids in rivers of greatly fluctuating discharge conditions which prevent use of fixed sampling devices. This is a notice of intent to issue award using other than full and open competition and is not a request for competitive proposals. The determination of the Government not to open subject requirement to full and open competition is made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. Technical inquiries may be directed to Josh Gruber at (530) 527-3043, ext. 233. Contracting inquiries may be directed to Tamra Swerdlik at (503) 872-2819. No further notice will be posted.