R--Helicopter Services for migrataory bird surveys

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services intends to award a Sole Source purchase order using small purchase procedures for Helicopter services to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aviation Services, Box 2, RR #!, 475 Airport Road, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5K6, Canada to participate in the annual Waterfowl Breeding Pair Population Survey. This survey is conducted to fulfill the United States's obligations toward International Mingratory Bird Treaty Act. Waterfowl breeding populations will be surveyed within Ontario, Quebec and Labrador Canada to count waterfowl and collect data. Flights will be dependent on weather and waterfowl phenology. Because the Ontarior Ministry of Natural Resourcs is a cooperative governemnt agency, their helicopters are able to access jet fuel caches which are reserved for Government aircraft in remote areas. The helicopter flights are to be conducted in Stratum 51 in Ontario and Strata 68 and 69 in Quebec and Labrador Canada to obtain visibility correction data in conjuction with the Black Duck Joint Venture Fixed-wing Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey and to collect video for a training video. The survey and identification project require maneuvering the helicopter at the edge of the performance envelope in a variety of remote wilderness habitats in nortern Canada. See Note 22.