A -- Notice of Intenet to Procure on Sole Source Basis

NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM IN SUPPORT OF THEIR PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATIONS CENTER RESEARCH. SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE EL NINO SOUTH OSCILLATION (ENSO) CYCLE PLAYS A DOMINATE ROLE IN DETERMINING YEAR-TO-YEAR CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF DROUGHT, FLOODING, SEA LEVEL, AND TROPICAL CYCLONES. THE PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATION CENTER WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED AND FUNDED BY NOAA IN 1994. IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM, HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING A SUCCESSFUL ENSO APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NOAA, PACIFIC BASIN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE UNIVERSITY IF HAWAII. TO CONTINUE PROGRESS AND TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN THE RESEARCH, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT NOAA CONTINUES THEIR SUPPORT OF THE UOG.