NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INDONESIA (WWF) FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE/SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (SWFSC). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO MONITOR AND PROTECT KEY LEATHERBACK NESTING BEACHES IN NORTH PAPUA, INDONESIA. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE 1) SUPPORT OF NIGHTLY SURVEYS TO MONITOR, PROTECT AND PIT TAG NESTING FEMALES, 2) TISSUE SAMPLING OF NESTING LEATHERBACKS FOR GENETIC AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; 3) SATELLITE TELEMETRY STUDIES OF POST-NESTING MOVEMENT AND DIVE BEHAVIOR OF LEATHERBACKS, AND 4) SUPPORT OF CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND LOCAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH. WWF WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES AND SWFSC SCIENTISTS ON DEVELOPING DETAILS OF CENSUS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD METHODOLOGY. THE WWF HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN LEATHERBACK RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION AT JAMURSBA MEDIA, NORTH PAPUA FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS AND OVER THIS TIME HAS ESTABLISHED A CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS (GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES). THIS EXPERIENCE MAKES WWF UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT. WWF HAS OBTAINED THE COMMITMENT AND INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL COMMNITIES IN CONSERVATION AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES, WITHOUT WHICH THIS EFFORT WOULD NOT BE SUCCESSFUL. WWF ALSO POSSESSES THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PERMITS, EXPERIENCE, AND PERSONNEL TO CARRY OUT THIS WORK. WWF IS ALSO COMMITTING MATCHING FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THIS WORK. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH ANE STIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION MAY BE DIRECTED TO RANDALL BROWN.

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