R--Provide at-sea bunkering service in the Bering Sea to refuel the icebreaking ship

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, intends to award a sole source procurement to the Far-Eastern Shipping Company, Inc., Vladivostok, Russia, to provide at-sea bunkering service in the Bering Sea to refuel the icebreaking ship under charter to the USFWS. Bunkering must take place in Russian waters between Magadan and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski from approximately March 10th to March 16th, 2006, or from April 9th to April 15th, 2006. The place of performance is in ice-free waters of the Bering Sea between Magadan and Petropavlovsk-Kamshatski. The exact place of refueling will be determined by the ship's captain and the contractor. The USFWS is conducting a survey of Pacific Walrus in the spring of 2006. The work will be conducted using a chartered ice-breaking ship and will need to be bunkered at either the beginning or end of the charter. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and the Government does not intend to accept proposals received. Award will be made 15 days after publication of this notice. See Numbered Note 22.