MODIFICATION
V -- Lonline Charter for Pacific Cod
- Notice Date
- 10/23/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 532411
— Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- AB133F-10-RP-0003
- Point of Contact
- Mona M. Ash, Phone: 206-526-6384
- E-Mail Address
-
mona.m.ash@noaa.gov
(mona.m.ash@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center has a requirement to conduct two research cruises for Pacific cod using a single chartered fishing vessel in 2009 and 2010 to tag and release cod and to collect catch data and biological data on cod and incidental species in the eastern Bering Sea. In lieu of compensation, the Pacific cod catch shall be retained by the charter vessel. The first research longline cruise shall begin as soon as possible after the finish of the 2010 A-Season for Pacific cod longline fishing (on or about February 10, 2010) and consist of 30 sampling days in the eastern Bering Sea and end 35 to 40 days later, depending on mobilization and demobilization time and days lost to weather. The cruise will begin and end in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The second research longline cruise shall begin on or about June 20, 2010 and consist of 30 sampling days in the eastern Bering Sea and end 35 to 40 days later, depending on mobilization and demobilization time and days lost to weather. The cruise will begin and end in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. VESSEL REQUIREMENTS for longline operations: 1. Minimum registered length 41.1 m (135 ft), although the preferred vessel registered length is 45.7 m (150 ft) or greater. 2. Minimum main engine continuous horsepower sufficient to permit a cruising speed of 18.5 km/hr (10 kts) in a moderate sea state. 3. Able to accommodate a field party of 8, including 4 contract scientists provided by the vessel. 4. The vessel must have an endurance capability for operating and fishing for a minimum of 40 consecutive days, including running to and from stations. 5. Completely rigged and ready to fish longline gear. The gear shall be provided by the vessel and include, but not limited to, the tackle and machinery necessary for setting and retrieving, flag-and-buoy arrays, buoy line, anchors, running line, and ground line with baited hooks. An auto-baiting system is preferred. The baiting system must consistently bait 95% or more of the hooks. If the baiting rate falls below 95% then fishing operations shall cease until the baiting system has been brought to the required efficiency by the vessel's engineering department. The contractor shall determine Hook size, hook spacing, and all other attributes of the tackle. Each unit of gear (e.g. magazine, rack, skate, etc) shall have the same ground line material and length, the same tackle fixing hooks to ground line, the same hook size, the same hook spacing, and the same number of hooks. Units of gear that vary by more than two percent (2%) from the number of hooks specified by the contractor shall not be deployed. 6. The Contractor shall furnish bait for each cruise. Each hook shall be baited with chopped squid in an amount per hook that is appropriate to the auto-baiting machinery. The bait shall be East Coast or North Atlantic squid (Illex illecebrosus), 2-3 count per lb or larger; Loligo or market squid is not acceptable. The general commercial designation is brown color, fit for human consumption (used as an index of freshness), and 100-200 grams per squid. The head and legs will not be used for bait, only the mantle and viscera. The mantle length should be 15-23 cm (6-9 in) long. The baiting system must consistently bait 95% or more of the hooks. If the baiting rate falls below 95% then fishing operations shall cease until the baiting system has been brought to the required efficiency by the vessel's engineering department. At the beginning of each cruise, the vessel shall be supplied with a single lot of bait sufficient to last the duration of that cruise. Changes in bait characteristics during the course of the cruise will render catch rates incomparable from station to station. Calculation of the required amount of bait depends on the baiting characteristics of the vessel's fishing gear and the expected amount of fishing in a research cruise (see note below on the expected amount of fishing). 7. The vessel shall provide freezer storage, exclusive of that for ship stores, sufficient to store at least 272 mt (600,000 lb) of dressed and frozen fish. If more cod are caught than can be carried in the vessel's freezer storage then a mid-cruise off-load can be negotiated between the Government and the contractor. 8. Contract Scientific Personnel a. The Contractor shall provide at least four (4) trained biologists to conduct standard survey data collection operations that shall perform 1) catch tallying of individual hooks; 2) length and sex sampling of catch; 3) recording and editing data in appropriate forms and computer files. b. Personnel must receive training in the above operations by Government survey scientists prior to participation in the survey. c. Personnel shall be employed by a qualified scientific firm or institute engaged in marine fisheries research, or in providing scientific personnel. 9. The vessel and officer licensing requirements shall be sufficient to permit the chartered vessel to carry eight (8) personnel in the field party (both male and female). EXPECTED AMOUNT OF FISHING The research fishing to be conducted on these cruises has not been done in previous years so there is no historical basis for an expected catch of Pacific cod and incidental species under these fishing protocols. The object of these charters is to maintain high data accuracy and consistency. In each cruise, there shall be one day of fishing at each of thirty stations. If foul weather prevents fishing at a particular station then fishing operations shall cease until conditions permit their resumption and that station can be sampled. Each station shall be fished on a 24-hour cycle, including running time from the previous station, which may be as much as 10 hours for the 10 stations in the strata with lower sampling density. Based on the constraints the offeror can expect the chartered vessel to be able to run about half the gear that would be deployed during open access fishing. If a vessel normally fishes 40,000 hooks per day then it will likely average 20,000 hooks per day during the research fishing. If a vessel normally fishes 70,000 hooks per day then it will likely average 35,000 hooks per day during the research fishing. These are conservative estimates and a larger number of hooks may be fished per day in strata with higher station density, though this is not certain. The number of cod removed from the research catch for scientific purposes is expected to be about 300 per day. The remainder of the catch shall be turned over to the vessel. Period of performance shall begin on or about February 10, 2010 for the first cruise. The second cruise shall begin on or about June 20, 2010. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 532411 with a size standard of $7M. A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation may be available on or about November 6, 2009 at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. The estimated response due date is December 7, 2009; however, the actual date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. The proposed contract is full and open competition. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [Add To Watchlist] and [Add Me To Interested Vendors] features which provide a notification when the RFP becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation, thereafter. Each potential bidder is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. All questions of any nature regarding this procurement are to be sent to Contract Specialist, Mona Ash at Mona.M.Ash@noaa.gov. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). NO award can be made unless the vendor is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR, please access the following web site: http:///www.ccr.gov/. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all bidders must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505. This procurement also requires bidders to complete the On-Line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at https://orca.bpn.gov/.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bering Sea, United States
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