SOLICITATION NOTICE
V -- Fishing Vessel Charter in WA and OR Coastal Waters
- Notice Date
- 2/25/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 483114
— Coastal and Great Lakes Passenger Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61, 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- AB133M-11-RQ-0370
- Point of Contact
- Bill Pickert, Phone: 206-526-4549, Matthew Phelps, Phone: 206-526-4395
- E-Mail Address
-
bill.pickert@noaa.gov, Matthew.Phelps@noaa.gov
(bill.pickert@noaa.gov, Matthew.Phelps@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) has a requirement for a fishing vessel charter to conduct mid-water/surface trawls surveys in the coastal waters of Washington and Oregon from the Pt. Adams Research Station at 520 Heceta Place, Hammond, OR 97121. The contractor shall provide all personnel, supervision, and equipment necessary for the vessel charter. The fixed-price contract is contemplated and the period of performance from on or about May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2014 which will consist of a base and two option periods. This procurement is a 100% small business set-aside. The NAICS code for this procurement is 483114 and the SBA small business size standard is 500 employees. The work will be described in the statement of work (SOW), any of which is subject to change at the Government's discretion upon issuance of the solicitation. NOAA has a need for a fishing vessel charter to conduct a mid water/surface trawl survey in May, June, July, August, and September (5 months) for 7 days/month. Sampling consists of fishing a #264 mid-water rope trawl and conducting oceanographic measurements (CTD casts, zooplankton sampling, etc.) at stations located along four Transects (Figure 1 in SOW). Transects are located off Heceta Head, Newport, Columbia River, and Willapa Bay. The Willapa Bay transect will be sampled 3 times each month using slightly different trawl/sampling orientation each time. All sampling will be conducted at night. Approximately 4-6 stations are sampled on each transect, depending on weather and daylight conditions. All transects sampled begin approximately at the 90m isobath and out to a maximum of 60 nautical miles offshore. All trawling and oceanographic equipment will be provided by NOAA Fisheries. Total number of sampling days: 35 days (five 7-day cruises) with an allowance of 3 weather days per year. All responsible and fully responsive sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. Any resulting contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed price commercial item contract. Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or around March 14, 2011 at https://www.fbo.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [Add To Watchlist] and [Add Me To Interested Vendors] features which provide a notification when the RFQ becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation, thereafter. Each potential bidder is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at https://www.fbo.gov/. Any questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, William Pickert at bill.pickert@noaa.gov. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and complete the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). NO award can be made unless the vendor is registered in CCR and ORCA. For additional information and to register in CCR, please access the following web site: http:///www.ccr.gov/. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all bidders must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505. This procurement also requires bidders to file veteran employment reports at https://vets100.vets.dol.gov/VETS-100.pdf.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/AGAMD/AB133M-11-RQ-0370/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Hammond, Oregon, 97121, United States
- Zip Code: 97121
- Zip Code: 97121
- Record
- SN02387637-W 20110227/110225234130-38ee043a659a2fae3c09d432e2846506 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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