Request for Information: NOAA Fisheries AFSC Tender - 112249655

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

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

Deadline: 25 Jan 2025

Posting Date: 24 Dec 2024

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 112249655

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

Competition: ICB

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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Active Contract Opportunity

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

Documents

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