THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES, ALASKA REGION WITH STATUSES OF PREVIOUSLY SATELLITE TAGGED COOK INLET BELUGA WHALES PER THE STATEMENT OF WORK IN THIS REQUEST FOR QUOTE RFQ NMFS AKR-13-10903 PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR PART 13.  THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE.  THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT IS 541620.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS CONTRACT BETWEEN NMFS ALASKA REGION AND THE SUCCESSFUL CONTRACTOR ARE TO:  1) REVIEW PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA OF COOK INLET BELUGA WHALES CONTAINED WITHIN THE PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION CATALOG MAINTAINED BY LGL ALASKA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED TAGGED INDIVIDUALS; 2) REVIEW DATA COLLECTED BY NMFS DURING THE CAPTURE AND TAGGING OF COOK INLET BELUGA WHALES FROM 1999-2002; 3) COMPARE THE TWO DATASETS TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHICALLY IDENTIFIED WHALES (CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED AS PREVIOUSLY TAGGED INDIVIDUALS) CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECIFIC YEAR OR KNOWN TAGGED WHALE; AND 4) SUMMARIZE ALL THE INFORMATION KNOWN ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHICALLY CONFIRMED, AND SUSPECTED, TAGGED BELUGA WHALES. 

NOAA NMFS ALASKA REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION, REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM).  NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN SAM.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN SAM PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTPS://WWW.SAM.GOV/PORTAL/PUBLIC/SAM.  IN ORDER TO REGISTER IN SAM AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505.