SOLICITATION NOTICE
W -- LEASE OF TWO VESSELS IN WOODS HOLE
- Notice Date
- 2/18/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 483112
— Deep Sea Passenger Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Administrative Support Center, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, 23510
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA133F-05-RQ-1241
- Response Due
- 3/16/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a requirement to provide two vessels for a time charter to support the National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Atlantic salmon research in the western Gulf of Maine for up to 30 days (60 total vessel days) between April 25 and June 10, 2005. The vessels shall be delivered and redelivered to Woods Hole, MA or a mutually agreed upon location between Woods Hole and Bar Harbor, ME. The vessels shall operate within the uppermost reaches of Penobscot Bay eastward to the Hague Line and from Penobscot Bay southward to Saco Bay. Exploratory surveying may be undertaken within Cobscook Bay and its surrounding waters. Both vessels will conduct pair trawling operations to capture tagged Atlantic salmon alive. Each vessel shall have a minimum of 600 shaft horsepower to tow the pair trawl at a speed of approximately 4.0 knots. The government supplied pelagic trawl measures 120 meters in length and 237 meters around the mouth opening. The primary vessel shall be rigged with trawl winches, an adequately-sized net reel, have a stern ramp for deployment and recovery of trawl and be capable of raising a water filled cod end ?aquarium? that weights approximately 1.5 metric tons when full of water and fish. Both exterior and interior work areas are required (adequate for computer operations) to allow for processing the catch and conducting biological fisheries research. Additional deck space is required to accommodate a NOAA supplied live tank and freezer. Each vessel shall have a minimum endurance of 10 days, a minimum range of 1,500 nautical miles and a cruising speed of not less than 9 knots. Each vessel shall be equipped with GPS navigation equipment and a depth sounder. One of the vessels shall be equipped with basic meteorological instrumentation. The primary vessel shall be able to accommodate up to 4 scientific personnel. The proposed contract is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. To be eligible for award, offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR): www.ccr.gov and obtain a DUNS number by calling 1-800-333-0505. Proof of CCR registration must be included in submitted proposal package. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Copies of the solicitation will be attached as a downloadable Word file to this announcement on or about February 23, 2005. Hard copies of the solicitation will only be provided in response to written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor. Telephone requests will not be honored. Requests for copies of the solicitation may be faxed to (757) 441-3786. Offers received by March 16, 2005 shall be considered for award. Award will be made on or about April 1, 2005. Numbered Note 1 applies.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA
- Zip Code: 02543
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 02543
- Record
- SN00754752-W 20050220/050218212527 (fbodaily.com)
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