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V -- VESSEL CHARTER SOL 52ABNF500077 DUE 042895 POC For a copy of the solicitation call 206-526-6425. For further information, call Contract Specialist Don Caldwell at 206-526-4549 The Government intends to charter a vessel to assist in trawl bycatch research. The research shall be done in the Eastern Bering Sea. The charter will last 16 or 21 days, during June and July 1995. The vessel shall be at least 30.5m long, have a 600 h.p. engine, be rigged with commercial bottom trawl equipment, and have accomodations for a scientific party of at least two. The charter will start and end in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The procurement is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. See Note 1. (0055)

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