R -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT

NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE & WILDLIFE RESOURCES, AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT (DMWR) FOR THE NOAA FISHERIES, OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, PACIFIC ISLANDS DIVISION. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO OBTAIN SERVICES FROM FEDERALLY-DEPUTIZED OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN SAMOA GOVERNMENT. DEPUTIZED OFFICERS WILL ASSIST ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL AGENT ENFORCE THE U.S. FEDERAL FISHERIES STATUTES UNDER THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT ACT, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973, AND THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972. DMWR ONLY SOURCE FOR FEDERALLY-DEPUTIZED OFFICERS AT THIS REMOTE LOCATION. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUSITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO RANDALL BROWN VIA FAX AT 206-526-6025.