NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND

Description

This new requirement addresses several efforts to collect data and transport injured wildlife to a licensed rehabilitation agencies/organization. Wildlife often inhabits areas on Navy property that are in close proximity to military training, facilities maintenance activities, hazardous material, and/or electrical currents. Birds nest in trees and on rooftops and fall near buildings. Herons and egrets with steatitus, a condition that weakens them, walk around grounds and enter buildings. Seabirds in adjacent waters become tangled in fishing line and take refuge on or under docks and near ships. When the proximity of wildlife to the aforementioned activities/materials produces a safety concern for the animal or military personnel or results in injury to an animal, action must often be taken to alleviate the situation. In order to support the military mission and allow continued training and operations, it is vital that the causes of injury and mortality of sensitive wildlife as they change over time be researched to allow the Navy to meet its monitoring and conservation obligations under a variety of natural resource requirements, including but not limited to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Sikes Act, and identify appropriate proactive adaptive management practices. The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement (Agreement) is to provide research and identify causes of injury for wildlife at San Diego area installations, while simultaneously providing rescue and transportation of injured, ill and orphaned wildlife, excluding marine mammals, in compliance with applicable State and Federal Laws. Approximately 100-150 birds/animals are to be rescued, picked up and transported to licensed wildlife rehabilitation agencies/organizations.

Who can apply

• Unrestricted

Contact

Elia Ram <br/>Contract Specialist <br/>Phone 619-532-3074 or 619-532-2195
elia.ram@navy.mil