Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Intent to Award to a Single Source
Deadline: 10 Sep 2025
Posting Date: 27 Aug 2025
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 125195364
Document Ref. No.: FD-2025-534
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT
Special Notice: FD-2025-534
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Hector Jose Ruiz Torre of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.
The sole source determination is based on NOAA-s requirement that Hector Jose Ruiz Torres is the only vendor that provides the services. Using the procedures of FAR Part 13 the requirement is to procure Services to coordinate and obtain multiple registered commercial fishing vessels located in Puerto Rico to conduct hook and line sampling at no more than 300 pre-selected stations island-wide, in addition to an on-board observer to conduct data collection on both fishing gear and fish information. This work will occur island-wide in Puerto Rico from depths of 50 m - 450 m. Additional data collection objectives include obtaining biological information from queen snapper Etelis oculatus, silk snapper Lutjanus vivanus, blackfin snapper L. buccanella, vermilion snapper Rhomboplites aurobens, wenchman snapper Pristipomoides aquilonaris, cardinal snapper P. macrophthalmus, black snapper Apsilus dentatus, misty grouper Hyporthodus mystacinus, and red hind Epinephelus guttatus. Targeted snapper species will be subsampled at sea. Subsampled specimens will be retained for biological processing on land as part of a collaborative effort funded by the territorial initiative. Biological samples (otoliths, gonads, and tissue) will be collected and archived for use in age, growth, reproduction, and population connectivity studies. Tissue samples will be collected from both target species and incidental catch for use in concurrent DNA barcoding studies. The results of these efforts will support this year-s approved Cooperative Research Program projec...
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Notice ID : FD-2025-534
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Office: DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
Original Published Date: Aug 26, 2025 12:59 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Sep 10, 2025 04:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Sep 25, 2025
Initiative: None
Classification
Original Set Aside: No Set aside used
Product Service Code: 1925 - SPECIAL SERVICE VESSELS
NAICS Code: 488390 - Other Support Activities for Water Transportation
Place of Performance: PR USA
Documents
Tender Notice
SINGLE-SOURCE-FD-2025-534.pdf