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Last Updated on 23 Jul 2004 at 5 AM
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V -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE

Solicitation ID Reference-Number-WASC-4-996
Posted Date 23 Jun 2004 at 5 AM
Archive Date 23 Jul 2004 at 5 AM
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Contracting Office Department Of Commerce Noaa
Agency Department Of Commerce
Location United states
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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