SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Acoustic Survey in Western Gulf of Alaska
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 532411
— Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- NFFS7200-11-06285
- Point of Contact
- MONA M ASH, Phone: 206-526-4187
- E-Mail Address
-
MONA.M.ASH@NOAA.GOV
(MONA.M.ASH@NOAA.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Special Notice of intent to procure services for the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) located in Seattle, WA on a sole source basis with the Aleutians east Borough. The Government intends to acquire services using FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures estimated not to exceed $100,000.00. The proposed vendor s shall provide vessel, captain & crew for an acoustic survey in the western Gulf of Alaska. This study entails conducting acoustic surveys of pollock and zooplankton in selected areas of the western Gulf of Alaska on a chartered fishing vessel. The charter vessel will be equipped with Simrad 38 and 120 kHz echosounders cabled to data storage drives for collecting the raw echosounder data. The survey will consist of parallel transects with between 2km to 4km spacing with a random start location for the beginning transect. In conjunction with acoustic data collection, verification trawls will be done to identify the optimum survey operations. All acoustic data will be recorded on an external 120GB IOMEGA drive and backed-up nightly onto a second external 120GB IOMEGA drive. A marine mammal watch will be conducted during acoustic transects, and all marine mammal sightings will be logged according the pre-determined protocols. Trawls hauls of no more than 1.0 mt will be conducted during the acoustic surveys to verify acoustic backscatter and obtain biological samples. The choice of net will be up to the vessel captain, but it is expected that the verification tows will be primarily conducted using a 46' mesh design trawl. Time, date, and location of each trawl will be recorded using standard trawl haul forms. All validation tows will be measured for total catch and randomly sampled for species composition. A random subsample of 150 pollock and/or other dominant species will be measured and weighed. Scientific personnel and deck hands will participate in working up the species composition samples and taking length measurements. The Government intends to negotiate a firm fixed price contract with the period of performance commencing approximately August 22, 2011 through September 30, 2012 with no option periods. The NAICS code for this procurement is 532411 with a corresponding size standard of $7.0M. This Special Notice is not a request for competitive proposals; however, other potential sources with the expertise and required capabilities to provide these services may submit such data which demonstrates the technical requirements stated above no later than August 19, 2011 at 14:00pm PDT Seattle, W A. Responses shall be faxed to Mona Ash at (206)526-4004 or e-mail to Mona.M.Ash@noaa.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. It is the Government's belief that only Aleutians East Borough can provide these services due to the scientific experience of the crew with collecting quality acoustic and biological information as well as the use of the same vessel, which has a unique noise characteristic keeping the acoustic data consistent. ****All contractors doing business with DOC NMFS AFSC shall be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) as of October 1, 2003. After this date, NO award can be made unless the vender is registered in CCR. 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 the AFSC office, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at www.dnb.com/eupdate or by phone at (800) 333-0505. All contractors are required to complete online Representations and Certifications at http://www.orca.bpn.gov to be eligible to receive an award.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/WASC/NFFS7200-11-06285/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Alaska, United States
- Record
- SN02526576-W 20110811/110809234844-e957436de2c835c90cac7c9d1cae84d7 (fbodaily.com)
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