V -- TRAWL VESSEL CHARTERS TO CONDUCT SEALION PREY RESEARCH IN FREDERICK SOUND, SOUTHEAST ALASKA.

Notice Date

April 24, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, WASC, Acquisition Management Division WC3, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-6349

ZIP Code

98115-6349

Solicitation Number

52ABNF100061

Response Due

June 8, 2001

Point of Contact

For a copy of the solicitation, please fax your request to Crystina Elkins at (206)526-6025 or call (206)526-4499. For further information, contact Abram Vinikoor at voice:(206)526-4395 or fax: (206)526-6025.

E-Mail Address

Click here to send an email request for a copy of (Crystina.R.Elkins@noaa.gov)

Description

The Auke Bay Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires the charter of commercial trawlers to conduct acoustic transets and midwater trawling within a 20 nm radius of The Brothers in Frederick Sound, southeast Alaska. A trawler will be required for each of three 12-day charter periods from on or about September 4-15, 2001, November 26-December 5, 2001, and March 4-15, 2002. One vessel may be offered for one or more of the charter periods and contracts may be awarded to up to three separate vessels. The charters will begin and end in Juneau, Alaska. Vessels must be at least 58 feet long and have a minimum horsepower rating of 325. The vessels must be able to maintain a minimum cruising speed of at least 9 nm/hr and have fuel capacity for approximately 12 days of continuous fishing operations. The vessels must have at least 600 fm of 9/16-in diameter or larger trawl cable installed on split trawl winches and the ability to retrieve the research trawl at a minimum rate of 200 ft per minute. The vessels shall have been actively used for commercial trawling or research where trawl gear was used in the past 12 months. There must be berthing accommodations for 5-6 project scientists (which may include women) as well as a crew comprising at least two fishermen and a captain. A Request for Proposals providing detailed technical and performance specifications and proposal instructions will be issued on or about May 9, 2001. All responsible offers will be considered.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010426/VSOL003.HTM (W-114 SN50K1V0)