The Government intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis with Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 570, DK-3900 Nuuk, Greenland for the following requirement: This requirement is for Coordination of efforts in Greenland to assist the Program Coordinator with the successful implementation of Salmon at Sea (SALSEA). Period of Performance is August 1, 2009, or date of award, whichever is later, through July 31, 2009, with two one year options. Delivery to be delivered to NOAA, Fisheries Field Station, 17 Godfrey Drive, Suite 1, Orno, Maine 04473. In order to comply with the debt collection improvement act of 1966, all contractors must be registered in the central contractor registration (CCR) to be considered for an award of a federal contract. For information regarding registration in CCR contact the CCR website at www.ccr.gov/index.cfm. Authority: 41 USC 253(c)(1). The FSC for this is R499 and the NAICS Code is 611310, small business size standard is $6.5 millions. The government intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order for this requirement. The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources is a government sponsored biological research station in Nuuk, Greenland with a long history of international collaboration and cooperation on a vast array of environmental research programs. They have assisted in the sampling of Atlantic salmon from the commercial and internal use of fisheries since their inception. The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources has the ability to provide trained biologists, fluent in Danish, to assist the needs of SALSEA West Greenland. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by 4:00 P.M. July 28, 2008 will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Evidence must be provided of ability to perform the required study. Responses to this notice, if any, must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Linda.Mullen@noaa.gov.