REQUEST FOR FEDBIZOPPS NOTICE Title: Killer Whale Sighting Databases Solicitation No. #AB133F-07-RP-0098 Response Date: July 18, 2007 CONTACT: J. Alex Smith, Contract Specialist at 206/526-6379 This acquisition is full and open. Text: The Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC) a government agency charged with the mission of stewardship for living marine resources. The NWFSC provides scientific and technical support to NOAA Fisheries for the management, conservation, and wise use of the Northwest region?s marine and anadromous resources. The marine Mammal Program is responsible for research on the ecology, distribution, abundance, and threats to marine mammal species in the Northwest. The description of work includes the collection and computation of location information on killer whales from all available sources for each year of the contract. The contractor will compile all killer whale sighting data from inland and coastal waters of Washington, Oregon, and California each year. The contract will enlist the support to outside sources, as needed, for the collection and compilation of sighting data. Data from sources in central and southern Puget sound is to be included. Work also includes maintaining, repairing, and expansion of an existing hydrophone system at up to 8 sites in the Puget Sound in consultation with NWFSC. Place of Contract Performance: Inland and coastal waters of Washington, Oregon, and California To receive this solicitation, use the contact points listed in this announcement. This solicitation shall only be available electronically. Documents for the Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available on or about June 18, 2007, to download through the Government's website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. No paper copies will be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [REGISTER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION] and [REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED VENDOR] features which provides a notification when the RFP becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation, thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking this website to gain all current information related to this solicitation. Any further announcements regarding this solicitation will be posted only at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. The ESTIMATED response due date is July 18, 2007; however, the actual due date of offers will be stated within the solicitation documents. This procurement is full and open to all interested parties. The NAICS Code is 541710 for Educational Support with a size standard of 500 employees. All questions of any nature regarding this solicitation should be sent via email addressed to
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