SOLICITATION NOTICE
19 -- LEASE OF TWO COMMERCIAL VESSELS FOR POST SMOLT TRAWL SURVEY
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 483112
— Deep Sea Passenger Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Administrative Support Center, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, 23510
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA1330-04-RQ-0056
- Response Due
- 4/8/2004
- Archive Date
- 4/23/2004
- Point of Contact
- Teresa Watson, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 441-6528, Fax (757) 441-3786, - Melvyn Desjarlais, Supv. Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 441-6647, Fax (757) 441-3786,
- E-Mail Address
-
teresa.l.watson@noaa.gov, melvyn.a.desjarlais@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a requirement for two vessels for a time charter to support the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Atlantic salmon research in the western Gulf of Maine for up to 30 days (60 total vessel days) between May 1 and June 11, 2004. The vessels shall be delivered to Woods Hole, MA or a mutually agreed upon location between Woods Hole and Bar Harbor, ME. The vessels shall operate within the uppermost reaches of Penobscot Bay eastward to the Hague Line and from Penobscot Bay southward to Saco Bay. Both vessels will conduct pair trawling operations to capture tagged Atlantic salmon alive. Each vessel shall have a minimum of 600 shaft horsepower to tow the pair trawl at a speed of approximately 4.0 knots. The government supplied pelagic trawl measures 120 meters in length and 237 meters around the mouth opening. The primary vessel shall be rigged with trawl winches, an adequately-sized net reel, have a stern ramp for deployment and recovery of trawl and be capable of raising a water filled cod end "aquarium" that weights approximately 1.5 metric tons when full of water and fish. Both exterior and interior (adequate for computer operations) work areas for processing the catch and conducting biological fisheries research is required. Additional deck space is required to accommodate a NOAA supplied live tank. Each vessel shall have a minimum endurance of 10 days, a minimum range of 1,500 nautical miles and have a cruising speed of not less than 9 knots. Each vessel shall be equipped with GPS navigation equipment and a depth sounder. One of the vessels shall be equipped with basic meteorological instrumentation. The primary vessel shall be able to accommodate up to 4 scientific personnel. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. A copy of the solicitation will be attached to this announcement as a downloadable Word file on or about March 11, 2004. A hard copy of the solicitation will only be provided in response to a written or faxed request received directly from the requestor. Telephone requests will not be honored. Requests for hard copies of the solicitation may be faxed to (757) 441-3786. Quotations received by April 8, 2004 will be considered for award. Award will be made on or about April 15, 2004. Numbered Note 1 applies.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/EA1330-04-RQ-0056/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Woods Hole, MA
- Zip Code: 02543
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 02543
- Record
- SN00540560-F 20040311/040309225433 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
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