R--BIODIVERSITY FOR CENTRAL AFRICA FY16-17

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Contracting and General Services in Falls Church, VA intends to award a purchase order to Lauriane Besse-Streit, 106 rue du Mont de Rang, 25250 L¿Isle sur le Doubs, France for a qualified consultant who is a technical expert on biodiversity conservation in Gabon and Central Africa as well as a French Interpreter. The interpreter must be deeply familiar with USFWS' activities in Africa such as with the development of our USFWS MENTOR-FOREST signature initiative, USFWS-ANPN Cooperative Agreement, the Great Ape Conservation Fund and the African Elephant Conservation Fund. The contractor must have field and training experience in Gabon. The interpreter must have knowledge of technical tenninology and experience analyzing, summarizing and translating technical documents and fact sheets relating to biodiversity conservation, forestry in Central Africa, conservation communications, and adaptive management. The objective of this work is to analyze, summarize, interpret, and translate USFWS's work on wildlife conservation projects in Central Africa. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within fifteen days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.