Request for Information: NOAA Fisheries AFSC Marine Mammal Observer Program Tender

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Country : USA

Summary : Request for Information: NOAA Fisheries AFSC Marine Mammal Observer Program

Deadline : 25 Jan 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 112249655

Document Ref. No. : NOAA-AG0-WAD-SRW-25-10

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Description

AFSC seeks industry input into the draft performance work statement (PWS), attached. AFSC welcomes any comments, concerns, or suggestions to clarify or improve the PWS, especially from vendors interested in participating in any future contract.

This is a Request for Information (RFI), for market research purposes, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 10 Procedures. This is not a solicitation, nor does it guarantee a solicitation will be issued. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This is not a request for proposals and it does not obligate the government in any manner.



Background

The FMA Division desires to obtain sampling services and electronic monitoring technology

support for the collection of fisheries data including fishing effort, gear characteristics and

marine mammal and seabird interactions during the commercial salmon drift gillnet fisheries

operating in inland waters of Southeast Alaska in 2025 and 2026.



The FMA Division plans to shift monitoring methods from a traditionally observer centric

program to one that employs electronic monitoring (EM) methods. Direct observation of the

fishery has historically been obtained from separate platforms requiring the program to procure

vessels and boat operators in addition to fishery observers which is extremely costly. EM has

been shown to be minimally intrusive to fishing operations and has the potential to document

fishing effort and marine mammal interaction at a fraction of the cost of fishery observers,

allowing the program to obtain higher coverage levels and more precise bycatch estimates.



While EM has been an effective method for monitoring marine mammal interaction in other

gillnet fisheries, the application of EM for the AMMOP has not yet been attempted. In 2023 and

2024, FMA partnered with Archipelago Marine Resources to conduct field trials deploying several

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Notice ID : NOAA-AG0-WAD-SRW-25-10
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: Sources Sought (Updated)
Updated Published Date: Dec 23, 2024 01:33 pm EST
Original Published Date: Dec 23, 2024 01:15 pm EST
Updated Response Date: Jan 25, 2025 05:00 pm EST
Original Response Date: Jan 25, 2026 05:00 pm EST
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Updated Inactive Date: Feb 09, 2025
Original Inactive Date: Feb 09, 2026
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code:
NAICS Code: 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

Place of Performance: AK USA

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