U -- Exhibit Development at Pigeon Lighthouse Visitor''s Center, California

This publication serves as a notice of intent to solicit and negotiate a sole-source, firm fixed-price contract under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, with the San Mateo Coast Natural History Association for NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). MBNMS has a requirement to establish interpretive exhibitry located at Pigeon Lighthouse Visitor Center and other California State Parks' properties along the San Mateo County coast. The proposed contract is to obtain services for interpretive message development, design, fabrication and installation of exhibitry within designated bay areas of the California State Parks. The period of performance is from date of contract award through March 1, 2004. The NAICS code is 541850. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This notice represents the only official notice of such solicitation. See Numbered Note 22.