B--12 Maui Plant Species Surveys and Listing Reports.

Notice of Intent to Issue a Single Source Award to the National Tropical Botanical Garden Inc. There is no solicitation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contracting and General Services Division in Portland, OR has a requirement for the procurement of listing reports via plant surveys (status, location/GPS, phenology, threats, associated native plant species, and location of native plant communities) for the following 12 species: Bidens campylotheca, Bidens conjuncta, Cyanea asplenifolia, Cyanea duvalliorum, Cyanea kunthiana, Cyanea longissima, Cyanea magnicalyx, Cyanea maritae, Cyanea obtuse, Myrsine vaccinioides, Phyllostegia bracteata, Peperomia subpetiolata for the Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, Honolulu, Hawaii. The National Tropical Botanical Garden is the only known source that has the expertise and time available to provide the "best available scientific and commercial data" in report form by August 31, 2009 that will meet Agency needs. The Service intends to award Sole Source to the National Tropical Botanical Garden. This synopsis is a notice of intent to issue award using other than full and open competition and is not a request for competitive proposals. The determination of the Government not to open subject requirement to full and open competition was made IAW FAR 6.302-1.