NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY (WCS) FOR THE SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (SWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE MONITORING AND PROTECTION OF LEATHERBACK AND GREEN TURTLES NESTING ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF COSTA RICA FOR A BASE PLUS ONE (1) OPTION YEAR. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE 1) SUPPORT OF NIGHTLY BEACH SURVEYS TO MONITOR, PROTECT AND PIT TAG NESTING FEMALES AT PLAYA LANGOSTA, AND 2) CONDUCT PERIODIC GROUND SURVEYS OF REMOTE BEACHES TO IDENTIFY NEW NESTING SITES AND COLLECT GENETIC SAMPLES FROM GREEN TURTLES. NIGHTLY BEACH PATROLS WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM DUSK TO DAWN THROUGHOUT THE NESTING. EVERY TURTLE ENCOUNTERED WILL BE CHECKED FOR PIT AND FLIPPER TAGS, AND TAGGED IF NEW. GROUND SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED BI-WEEKLY AT LANGOSTA AND ADJACENT REMOTE BEACHES TO MONITOR AND RECORD SEA TURTLE NESTING ACTIVITY. GENETIC SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED FROM GREEN TURTLES AND SENT TO NMFS FOR ANALYSIS. THE WCS WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT LEATHERBACK WORK IN THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. WCS IS DESIGNATED AS LEAD FOR LEATHERBACK TURTLE WORK AT PLAYA LANGOSTA AND POSSESSES KNOWLEDGE ON DETAILS AND LOCATION OF NEW NESTING SITE FOR GREEN TURTLES THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN. WCS IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN COSTA RICA WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PERMITS, EXPERIENCE, AND PERSONNEL TO CARRY OUT THIS WORK. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.

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