REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST\/REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NUMBER N62742\u201021\u20102\u20100002
\nPROJECT TO BE INITIATED IN 2021<\/p>\n
Project Title: TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATE SURVEY SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION AND CONSULTATION FOR U.S. NAVY SUPPORT FACILITY, DIEGO GARCIA<\/p>\n
Type of Assistance Instrument Anticipated: Cooperative Agreement
\nAuthority: Cooperative Agreement under 16 USC \u00a7670c\u20101 (Natural Resources Management \u2013 Sikes Act)
\nEligible Applicants: National \u2013 All Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) National Network cooperative partners who qualify under the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARS) Part 34 or 2 Code of Federal Regulations 200 are eligible to apply.
\nCost Sharing: Not required<\/p>\n
Estimated Available Funding: $99,758<\/p>\n
Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) will be used to identify potential Recipients for a project to be funded by the Department of the Navy (DoN) to provide consultation to Navy staff for insect and other terrestrial arthropod survey work on the Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and to provide identification of specimens collected to lowest taxonomic level possible.<\/p>\n
Background:
\nDiego Garcia is a tropical coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, positioned at 7\u00b026\u2019 south latitude and 72\u00b023\u2019 east longitude. The atoll lies at the southern tip of a long chain of coral reefs, atolls, and islands comprising the Laccadives, Maldives, and the Chagos Archipelago. While both native and non\u2010native terrestrial invertebrate species inhabit Diego Garcia, we know little about them, as to\u2010date few comprehensive terrestrial invertebrate surveys have been conducted there. The last published compilation (Hutson, 1981) listed 49 species of insects recorded for Diego Garcia with 113 for the Chagos Archipelago as a whole.<\/p>\n
Brief Description of Anticipated Work:
\nThe Recipient will coordinate a project consultation meeting within 30 days of receipt of award and develop a work plan for the following tasks within 10 days prior to the consultation meeting.
\nThe Recipient will:
\n\uf0b7 Provide identification of specimens (to lowest taxonomic level possible) collected on Diego Garcia in 2012. It is estimated that the total number of species to be identified from the 2012 survey ranges from between 25\u201050.
\n\uf0b7 Provide consultation to the Navy on strategy and methods to conduct and new terrestrial invertebrate survey on Diego Garcia.
\n\uf0b7 Provide identification of specimens (to lowest taxonomic level possible) collected in the new survey on Diego Garcia. It is estimated that the total number of species to be identified from the new survey will range from between 150 to 300. The Recipient will prioritize species identifications on specimens that are native and\/or potentially rare and alien species that are significantly invasive or previously unrecorded on Diego Garcia.
\n\uf0b7 Create a spreadsheet\/database of all identified specimens
\n\uf0b7 Create a final report that includes methods, results, and a discussion. The report shall also include an appendix with the spreadsheet\/database and an appendix with data sheets which list pertinent natural history and conservation and\/or management information for ecologically important species.<\/p>\n
Seven Attachments:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n RSOI_DG Terr Invert Survey ID and Consult_20210504Amend1<\/a>\u00a0(ed 5\/4\/21)<\/p>\n Encl (1) SOW_DG Terr Invert Survey Specimen ID and Consult FINAL<\/a><\/p>\n Encl (2) Terms and Conditions<\/a><\/p>\n Encl (3) SF 424<\/a><\/p>\n Encl (4) Research and Related Key Personnel Form<\/a><\/p>\n Encl (5) Research and Related Budget<\/a><\/p>\n Encl (6) Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL)<\/a><\/p>\n