Support for USGS Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) for the Creation of Data and Information Products from State Natural Heritage Program Monitoring Projects and State Natural Heritage Program Protocols.

Contract No. G10PC00183 TAS 14 900804 This J&A is available at http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/acq_opp/public_notices.html United States Department of InteriorClass Justification and Approval forOther Than Full and Open Competition andWaiver of Publication Requirements This notification fulfills the requirements set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.305 Availability of the Justification, "the agency shall make publicly available within 14 days after contract award the justification required by 6.303-1 as required by 10 U.S.C. 2304(f). The purpose of this notification is to announce the award of U.S. Geological Survey Contract G10PC00183 for support for USGS Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) for the Creation of Data and Information Products from State Natural Heritage Program Monitoring Projects and State Natural Heritage Program Protocols. The action may be awarded without full and open competition under 41 U.S.C. 253(c) as implemented in FAR 6.303-2(5). Contract award date was September 16, 2010.