54 -- Sole Source Notice

The National Forests in Florida intends to award a sole source contract to Aves Consulting, LLC to capture and band approximately 150 juvenile Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers on the Osceola National Forest followed by trapping and translocation of other properties. In addition to that the contractor will provide the mandatory annual population report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and will make written recommendations on habitat management needs within Red-Cockaded Woodpecker clusters, cavity provision/augmentation needs and provide recommendations for placement of future recruitment sites. Aves Consulting, LLC has seven (7) years of critical first-hand knowledge of these requirements. The proposed action is for commercial service for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no formal solicitation package is available. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Point of contact is Gabriel A. Cottrell at 850-523-8544; e-mail gacottrell@fs.fed.us