F--Data Base Development Literature and Analysis of Fish Loss

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, CA requires a Searchable Data Base for literature and data sea sets. The Service intends to award without competition under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Other Than Full and Open Competition procedures and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to Jones and Stokes Associates, the incumbent contractor for continued specialized working knowledge with this information; a prerequisite to developing the data base with timely delivery. A determination not to compete the described purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the USFWS.