V--Intent to Sole Source

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Contracting and General Services, Region 7 in Anchorage, Alaska intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract award on a non-competitive basis in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) for aviation services to Clearwater Air, Island Lake Rd Potter Rd, Nikiski AK,99635. Market research was conducted and it was determined there is only one responsible source for this service. The award is to provide aviation services to support the Kodiak Nation Wildlife Refuges Sea Otter survey. Clearwater Air is the only known source familiar and trained in the Bidkin/Udevitz method of aerial surveillance and the use of any other vendor would cause inconsistencies with the already collected data. NAICS Code is 481211 and Size standard is 1,500 employees. All interested sources must respond in writing with clear and convincing evidence to support their ability to provide aviation services within 5 days of this publication via e-mail to the Contract Specialist below. This Notice of Intent is not a request for proposals. Information received from interested parties will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this electronic notice must be received by 3:00p.m. AKDT on June 19, 2014. Responses may be submitted by E-mail to Nathan Ellyson at [email protected].