This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 -Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions.

US Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District, intends to issue a Firm-Fixed Price contract to Southern Illinois University-Carbondale located at 1263 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-6899

Description of work-
This is a non-personal services contract to analyze adult sturgeon fin clips and juvenile sturgeon tissue samples from the Missouri River and tributaries collected by State and Federal Biologists. Fin clips from adult sturgeon that have been morphologically identified as pallid sturgeon during broodstock collection efforts will be analyzed to assess genetic purity (Objective 1). Tissue samples from juvenile sturgeon will be analyzed to identify successful reproduction and recruitment of pallid sturgeon (Objective 2).

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Pallid Sturgeon and other native species monitoring.

Duration of the contract is from date of contract award to 30 April 2018

No other sources have been determined to be capable of conducting this work to provide the data quality essential to addressing the project objectives. There have not been any alternate services determined to be used or obtained competitively. It is the best value to the government to procure this work via sole source contract with the SIUC, as it is the most cost-effective option to accomplish this work, while maximizing continuity and data quality to ensure the data and resultant information is available to guide management decisions into the future.

A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The NAICS code is 924120, "Administration of Conservation Programs" The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is undefined.

All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses and questions shall be submitted to [email protected]. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.