NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML). PURPOSE IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH LGL LIMITED (LGL) IN ONTARIO, CANADA. LGL HAS BEEN MAKING MEASUREMENTS OF BOWHEAD WHALE LENGTHS IN STANDARDIZED AERIAL IMAGERY AND THROUGH SEARCH OF ITS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION FOR RESIGHTINGS OF INDIVIDUAL WHALES FOR THE PAST THREE DECADES. NO OTHER KNOWN RESEARCH GROUP IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MEASUREMENTS. THE WHALE LENGTHS ARE NEEDED TO ESTABLISH WHETHER THE WHALES THAT FEED NEAR POINT BARROW, ALASKA IN SUMMER ARE YOUNG ANIMALS THAT HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED ROUTINE FEEDING AREAS. LGL WILL ALSO DETERMINE IF THE WHALES ARE THE LARGER, OLDER WHALES THAT FEED IN AREAS OF PATCHY RESOURCES BASED ON LONG-TERM MEMORY. LGL HAS BEEN TAKING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOWHEAD WHALES SINE 1982 AND POSSESSES THE WORLD'S MOST THOROUGH COLLECTION OF BOWHEAD WHALE AERIAL IMAGES. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
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