B--Genetic Research

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s California Nevada Office intends to award a contract without full and open competition to the Regents of the University of California, specifically to Dr. Bruce Baldwin at the Jepson Herbarium, University of California Berkeley. The contract focuses on genetic research for the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, leveraging Dr. Baldwin’s unique expertise with the genus Deinandra, particularly Deinandra increscens subsp. villosa. He holds the most comprehensive genetic database for this species and its close relatives, making him the only qualified contractor able to complete the proposed work efficiently. Attempting to replicate this database with another contractor could cause significant delays of one to three years and increased costs. This contract opportunity was posted on January 25, 2007, under solicitation number DOI-SNOTE-070125-002 by the Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, Department of the Interior. The work is planned to be executed under the authority of an other than full and open competition designation due to the specialized nature of the research and the exclusive possession of critical data by Dr. Baldwin. For further information, inquiries can be directed to the contracting officer, Ginger Thacker, and no additional notices regarding this procurement will be posted on FedBizOpps.