R--Provide logistical Support for Avian Influenza

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, intends to award a sole source procurement to Barrow Arctic Science Consortium, to provide housing, food, phone service, ATV use, truck use, permits, logistical support for a twelve person field crew in Barrow, Alaska, from June 1st, 2006, through September 15th, 2006. These services will allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to capture and collect avian swabs from birds identified as potential carriers of the H5N1 virus. These samples will be collected using protocols of the National Wildlife Health Center to protect the personnel collecting the samples, and to collect, store and ship samples. This notice of intent is not a request for competitively proposals and the Government does not intend to accept proposals received. Award will be made 15 calendar days after publication of this notice. See numbered note 22.