NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH BURKE AND SON ENTERPRISES IN SANTA BARBARA, CA FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE A SET/DRIFT NET FISHING VESSEL CHARTER NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY (20) DAYS. CHARTER WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN SELECTED COASTAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN POINT CONCEPTION AND THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER, IN AREAS PREVIOUSLY UNDERSAMPLED AND IN HISTORICAL HIGH CATCH AREAS. VESSEL MUST BE OF SUFFICIENT SIZE AND DRAFT CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING AT LEAST ONE OBSERVER (PREFERABLY TWO) ON OVERNIGHT TRIPS. VESSEL MUST POSSESS ELECTRONICS CAPABLE OF DETECTING POSITION, BOTTOM DEPTH AND PRESENCE OF BAIT SCHOOLS. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FROM 10/1/04 – 9/30/05 OR UNTIL TWENTY FISHING DAYS ARE COMPLETED, WHICHEVER IS LATER. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN VENDOR IN SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA AREAS WITH YEARS OF THRESHER SHARK FISHING EXPERIENCE IN THE INSHORE AREAS WHERE NEONATE THRESHER SHARKS CONCENTRATE. VENDOR POSSESSES UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUNG THRESHER SHARK SEASONABILITY, HABITATS AND SMALL-MESH NET CATCHING METHODS IN THE SPECIFIC INSHORE NURSERY AREAS WHERE SAMPLING IS REQUIRED. VESSEL CHARTERS WILL BEGIN AND END IN SANTA BARBARA, CA OR LA JOLLA, CA. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.

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