The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Marine and Aviation Operations, Norfolk, VA is issuing notice of intent to negotiate a sole source procurement with Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. This requirement is for the NOAA Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Atlantic Salmon Research and Conservation Task (ASRCT) the assistance of coordination efforts to accomplish critical tasks related to Atlantic salmon research projects. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources is the only responsible source to provide the required services. The statutory authority is 41 US 253(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. The government intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order for this requirement. The proposed contract action is for supplies and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302(c)(1). The applicable NAICS code is 611310. The small business size standard is $7.0 million in average annual receipts. All applicable awards shall be in compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). CAR Clause 1352.239-73 Security Processing Requirements for Contractors/Subcontractor personnel for accessing DOC information Technology Systems (APR 2010) will apply. Interested parties may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. This requirement is 100% set aside for Small Business. Responses shall be submitted by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time August 19, 2010. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to [email protected].

Sole Source Justification:
SALSEA (Salmon at Sea) is a conceptual marine research program adopted by the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization's International Atlantic Salmon Research Board. SALSEA aims to increase our understanding of how Atlantic salmon use the ocean and the mechanisms driving low marine survival through a coordinated marine research plan for the North Atlantic. One aspect of the SALSEA initiative is an expanded marine sampling program at West Greenland (SALSEA West Greenland), which NOAA Fisheries Service has undertaken the coordination of. SALSEA West Greenland will consist of international teams sampling whole fresh purchased fish from various communities along the western Greenlandic coast. The success of this program is dependant on within-country coordination and assistance between NOAA Fisheries Service, individual samplers in Greenland, and the Organization of Hunters and Fishers (KNAPK) in Greenland. Fishing for Atlantic salmon is restricted to internal use only and as a result, the fishery is prosecuted from numerous semi-isolated communities along thousands of kilometers of coastline. The fishermen are predominately Inuit and loosely organized under the KNAPK umbrella. The dominant language is Danish with a few fishermen speaking only Greenlandic. The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources is a government sponsored biological research station in Nuuk, Greenland with a long history of international collaboration and cooperation on a vast array of environmental research program. They have assisted in the sampling of Atlantic salmon from the commercial and internal use on fisheries since their inception. In recent years, they have provided essential assistance in the development of this expanded sampling program by providing laboratory space and acting as a liaison between the international samplers and individual fishermen. The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources has the ability to provide trained biologists, fluent in Danish and/or Greenlandic, to assist the needs of SALSEA West Greenland. Given the international nature of this program, the isolated location of where the sampling program will occur, the experience of the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in sampling Atlantic salmon, the need for Danish and Greenlandic speaking coordinators to assist the international samplers, contracting with the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources is the only procurement option in terms of availability and cost effectiveness.

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