The COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF | NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION has issued a Tender notice for the procurement of a Intent to Award to a Single Source in the USA. This Tender notice was published on 27 Aug 2025 and is scheduled to close on 10 Sep 2025, with an estimated Tender value of Refer Document. Interested bidders can access detailed Tender information, eligibility criteria, and complete bidding documents by referencing TOT Ref No. 125195364, while the tender notice number is FD-2025-534 and Registering on the platform.

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Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Intent to Award to a Single Source

Deadline: 10 Sep 2025

Posting Date: 27 Aug 2025

Other Information

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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Tender Details

Description

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


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