PRESOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Alaska Marine Mammal Observers
- Notice Date
- 12/4/2001
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- 52ABNF200024
- Response Due
- 1/25/2002
- Archive Date
- 2/28/2002
- Point of Contact
- Sharon Kent, Contract Specialist, Phone (206) 526-6035, Fax (206) 526-6025 - Crystina Elkins, Procurement Clerk, Phone (206) 526-4499, Fax (206) 526-6025
- E-Mail Address
-
sharon.s.kent@noaa.gov, crystina.r.elkins@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, requires a contractor to recruit, select, supervise and outfit observers for the Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program (AMMOP). The objectives of the program is to report on the number and condition of incidental injury and mortality to marine mammals and seabirds occurring during the course of Category II commercial fishing operations in Alaska. The main objectives are: 1) obtain reliable estimates of incidental serious injury and mortality of marine mammals and seabirds, 2) determine the reliability of reports submitted by vessel owners and operators, 3) identify changes in fishing methods or technology that may increase or decrease incidental serious injury or mortality if necessary, 4) collect biological samples for scientific studies that may otherwise be unobtainable, and 5) record data on by-catch and discard levels of all species. The specific tasks for observers to perform during the course of this contract will be: 1) collection of data in 2002 and 2003 of the salmon set gillnet fishery around Kodiak Island, 2) outreach and logistical study in 2002 to initiate observer coverage of the salmon drift gillnet fishery in Southeast Alaska for the following season, and 3) collection of data in 2003 and 2004 of the salmon drift gillnet fishery in Southeast Alaska. The period of performance will be one base year, beginning on date of contract award, and two one-year option periods. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. NAICS Code 541710. See Numbered Note 1.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Alaska
- Country: United States
- Country: United States
- Record
- SN20011204/00000453-011207174036 (fbodaily.com)
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