Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Noaa Fisheries Special Notice of Intent to a Single Sourcecetacean and Seabird Observer Services
Deadline: 01 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 17 Jun 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 143438284
Document Ref. No.: ACQ-26-0805
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Name: Login to see tender_details
Address: Login to see tender_details
Email: Login to see tender_details
Login to see detailsTender Details
Special Notice: ACQ-26-0805
NOAA / NMFS / AFSC
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), intends to award, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with WildSEA Inc., of San Pedro, California, to procure the following:
Provide cetacean and seabird observer to collect data during a large-scale, vessel-based, line-transect cetacean survey in the Gulf of Alaska. Services to include sighting, identifying, and documenting species all cetaceans and seabirds observed, photo-ID photographer, photographic database manager and writing summaries of photo-ID encounters, presenting the seabird observation results in a clear and concise manner, generating all relevant summary tables, and reviewing the final version of the report.
The NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) Marine Mammal Laboratory (MML) requires a cetacean and seabird observer to collect data during a large-scale, vessel-based, line-transect cetacean survey in the Gulf of Alaska. The International Whaling Commission (IWC), in conjunction with NOAA, and the Government of Japan have been conducting a collaborative marine mammal survey, the Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (POWER) survey, since 2010 in the North Pacific. Data from these surveys are used to estimate population abundance and density for several target species, including North Pacific right, blue, sperm and fin whales, all of which are listed under the ESA, and beaked whales. This year-s POWER survey will occur in the southern Gulf of Alaska and eastern North Pacific Ocean, from 40° N to the US EEZ border, and from 135°W to 155° W. The Marine Mammal Laboratory is seeking an experienced marine mammal observer with extensive experience in marine mammal visual observing, photo-ID photograph collection, photo database management, and seabird identification for pa...
Notice ID: acq-26-0805
Department/Ind. Agency: commerce, department of
Sub-tier: national oceanic and atmospheric administration
Office: dept of commerce noaa
Inactive Dates: jul 16, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Documents
Tender Notice
Documents.zip