SOLICITATION NOTICE
19 -- BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY OF GROUNDFISH AND CRAB OF THE EASTERN BERING SEA CONTINENTAL SHELF
- Notice Date
- 12/6/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 483114
— Coastal and Great Lakes Passenger Transportation
- 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
- AB-133F-14-RQ-0019
- Archive Date
- 5/1/2014
- Point of Contact
- Crystina R Elkins, Phone: (206) 526-6036
- E-Mail Address
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crystina.r.elkins@noaa.gov
(crystina.r.elkins@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division located in Seattle, Washington has a requirement for chartering two (2) vessels to conduct scientific trawl surveys of marine fish and crab populations in the Eastern Bering Sea (EBS) beginning in May of 2014. The charters to be conducted provide comprehensive and standardized trawl surveys and related research in the 200-mile territorial Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters of the EBS off Alaska as required to quantitatively monitor and describe trends in abundance and distribution of commercially and ecologically valuable groundfish and crab populations. These survey results are the single source of fishery-independent fish and crab population statistics for federally-managed groundfish and crab resources of the EBS that comprise one of the world's most valuable fisheries. The objective of the survey is to continue to deliver annual estimates of groundfish and crab biomass and population size and biological, habitat, oceanographic, and acoustic data for the eastern Bering Sea to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Groundfish and Crab Plan Teams as needed for setting annual Allowable Biological Catch (ABC) and Total Allowable Catch (TAC) levels for groundfish and crab stocks in the Bering Sea. This work is conducted under the auspices of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), 16 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. Additional biological, habitat, and related data collected on the surveys are used to improve the understanding of life history of the fish and invertebrate species and the ecological and physical factors affecting their distribution and abundance. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, transportation and services necessary to perform the requirements of the solicitation. The minimum vessel general requirements for this charter consist of the following: • Minimum overall length (LOA) of 36.5 m (120 feet) and the vessel shall have been actively used for commercial trawling or research where trawl gear was used in the past 12 months. • Minimum continuous horsepower (HP) output from main engine of 850 HP. • Vessel must be able to consistently deploy, tow along the seabed at a continuous speed of no more or less than 5.6 km/hour (3 knots), and retrieve the standard 25.3/34.1 m (83/112 feet) survey trawl. • Vessel must be able to maintain a minimum cruising speed of 18.7 km/hour (10 knots) in low sea states. • Vessel must have fuel holding capacity for at least 4 weeks of continuous fishing operations. • Vessel must be completely rigged for trawling including a stern ramp and gallows or gantry; minimum of one net reel with capacity for the 25.3/34.1m (83/112 foot) bottom trawl; split trawl winches with a minimum of 595 m (325 fathoms) of 2.53 cm (1 inch) diameter steel core trawl cable in good condition and free of signs of excessive wear; and an auto-trawl system with the capability of adjustable winch brakes and measurement of trawl wire deployed and trawl cable which leads directly from the winches to the gallows trawl blocks. • A deck area clear of obstructions of at least 55.7 m2 (600 square feet) for sampling equipment, including a 1.5 X 3.0-m (5 X 10 feet) sampling table and one 0.6 m X 1.2 m (2 X 4 feet) platform scale table for working on catches and obtaining biological data. • Dry storage area(s) of at least 4.7 m3 (168 cubic feet) on back deck or adequate space to mount a 1.8 X 1.2 X 2.1 meter (6 feet wide x 4 feet deep x 7 feet high), Government-provided, fiberglass shed used to hold on deck sampling equipment. • A hydraulic crane with the capability to extend out 3 m (10 feet) past the side of the vessel and lifting winches for handling fishing gear, sampling gear, and catches weighing as much as 5.4 metric tons (6 tons) under dynamic load conditions. The crane must be capable of raising or lowering the codend anywhere along the centerline of the working deck. • Potable fresh water supply adequate for vessel and personal use (including showers and laundry) by 11 people for approximately 3 weeks. If a water maker is not available, then a minimum holding capacity of 22.7 kl (6,000 gal) of fresh water is required. • A 4.3 m (14 feet) minimum LOA rigid floor inflatable skiff with 15 HP outboard motor. • Clean and sanitary accommodations for captain and crew (5 individuals) and scientific field party (6 scientists). Berthing to accommodate a scientific field party with both male and female scientists, where at least one private stateroom with two bunks is available for use by a complement of female scientists. • A minimum crew consisting of a Captain, lead-fisher, engineer-fisher, general-fisher, and cook or cook-fisher. A comprehensive list of actual requirements will be included in the Statement of Work within the solicitation package document. The proposed contract action is set aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code for this procurement is 483114 and the business size standard for this requirement is 500 employees. Any vendor desiring to be considered for award must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) using this NAICS code. Any resulting contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed price type contract. Solicitation documents will be made available for download ON OR ABOUT January 6, 2014 at http://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 Request for Quote (RFQ) becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation thereafter. Each potential offeror 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 http://www.fbo.gov/. THE DATE OFFERS ARE DUE WILL BE STATED WITHIN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS and will be adjusted based upon the actual release date of the solicitation. All questions of any nature regarding this procurement should be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist, Crystina Elkins at Crystina.R.Elkins@noaa.gov or via fax at (206)527-3916. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). NO award can be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov. In order to register with the SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors 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://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm or by phone at (866) 969-8491. This procurement also requires offerors to complete the electronic representations and certifications at the SAM website. (End of Document)
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Eastern Bering Sea, United States
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