Fish Otolith Research

08 February 2022 Fish Otolith Research FWP is soliciting bids for a vendor to provide technical assistance to support investigations of the origins of the Rainbow Trout for a duration of three years, as detailed in the specifications. 08 February 2022 Open 12/30/2021 2:00 PM MST Type Invitation For Bid Close 3/1/2022 5:00 PM MST Number FWP-IFB-22-0079 Currency US Dollar Sealed Until 3/2/2022 1:30 PM MST Payment Terms 0% 0, Net 30 08 February 2022 Contacts Amanda Battin Amanda.Battin@mt.gov Phone +1 406-495-3276 08 February 2022 Commodity Codes Commodity Code Description 3003 Laboratory - Services 3201 Livestock, Fish & Game - Animals/Fish 3202 Livestock, Fish & Game - Animal DNA Testing 3203 Livestock, Fish & Game - Aquatic Biology Services 08 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 2022 mailto:

href="mailto:Amanda.Battin@mt.gov">Amanda.Battin@mt.gov Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is soliciting bids for a vendor to provide technical assistance to support investigations of the origins of Rainbow Trout in Mill Creek below Creston National Fish Hatchery, and Bull Trout in Swan Lake, MT for a duration of three years, as detailed in the Scope of Work. Description Required to View Event Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid 08 February 2022 1. Please review and accept the Single Point of Contact. 2. Please review all question and answer entries for this solicitation by clicking on the Q&A Board and viewing each question and answer. 3. Contractor must read and acknowledge insurance requirements and must be able to present copies at time of award of contract. 4. Review and accept the Vendor Registration information. 5. Review and accept the Montana Time Zone information. 6. Review and accept the Registration with the Secretary of State information. 7. Review and accept the Debarment information 8. Please review and accept our IFB general requirements. 9. Please review and accept the Federal Terms and Conditions - Standard, Non-Construction. 10. Please review and accept the draft personal service contract as provided. Contractors requesting additions or exceptions to the contract terms must submit them to the procurement officer listed above by the Q&A deadline. The State reserves the right to address nonmaterial requests for exceptions to the standard terms and conditions and contract language with the lowest bid during contract negotiation. 08 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 2022 Buyer Attachments There are no Buyer Attachments added to this event. 08 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 2022 Questions Required Questions Group 1: Instructions: 1.1 Contractor must fill out and upload their contact information. 1.2 Contractor must provide three (3) references, including name and contact information for the type of work that is asked for in this solicitation. The work must have been performed within the last five (5) years. 1.3 Contractor must download and review the attached Scope of Work and address each item in the document thoroughly, before signing and uploading to this question to fulfill this request. 08 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 2022 Product Line Items Product Line Items There are no Items added to this event. 08 February 202208 February 202208 February 202208 February 2022 Service Line Items Service Line Items 1. Objective 1 # Item Name, Commodity Code, Description Allow Alternates Qty. UOM Requested Service Delivery S1 Milestone 1-1 1 LS - Lump Sum Analyze existing data from Mill Creek RBT and sculpin, Creston Hatchery RBT, hatchery fish food, and water samples in determining hatchery, stream, or unknown origin of stream-captured rainbow trout and posterior probability for correct assignment. Different classification models (e.g. LDA, QDA, CART, and random forest) will be tested for highest classification success and stable results. Models will be applied with all combination of predictor variables (to optimize model fit and performance.) S2 Milestone 1-2 1 LS - Lump Sum Analyze existing data to determine when escapement from Creston Hatchery to Mill Creek occurs from known Creston Hatchery natal origin RBT. Using the individual fish that classification models determined originated in the hatchery, otolith microstructure analysis will be applied to determine 1) estimated age at escape (days) 2) average daily growth increment widths (um) in hatchery, and after escapement to Mill Creek. S3 Milestone 1-3 1 LS - Lump Sum Validate hatchery v. wild fish. Analyze existing data to determine the relative contribution of Rainbow trout food v. water in hatcher-reared rainbow trout otolith cores. See Kennedy et al. 2000 and Doubleday et al. 2013 for examples. S4 Milestone 1-4 1 LS - Lump Sum Using the data and analyses from the previous contract and Milestone 1-1 prepare and submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal. 2. Objective 2 # Item Name, Commodity Code, Description Allow Alternates Qty. UOM Requested Service Delivery S1 Milestone 2-1 1 LS - Lump Sum Prepare and analyze by LA-ICPMS n=100 adult Bull trout otoliths for 87Sr/86Sr and element/Ca by LA-ICPMS S2 Milestone 2-2 1 LS - Lump Sum Prepare and analyze age estimates for BT otoliths. Data will include total age and age at juvenile emigration to Swan Lake for each individual otolith. Juvenile age at emigration to Swan Lake will be estimated based on the geochemical inflection point compared to annual growth rings. S3 Milestone 2-3 1 LS - Lump Sum Analyze Swan River watershed sculpin and water data to construct a discriminant analysis model to determine relative influence of each variable for determining adult BT natal origin. Use discriminant analysis to assign Swan Lake adult BT to putative natal stream and posterior probability for correct assignment. S4 Milestone 2-4 1 LS - Lump Sum Using the data and analyses from Milestones 2-1 through 2-3 prepare and submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal. 08 February 202208 February 202208 February 2022