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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 3,1998 PSA#2024U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, WASC, Acquisition Management Division
WC3, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bin C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 V -- VESSEL CHARTER TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL
PACIFIC SOL 52ABNF800042 DUE 031198 POC Paul Reed (206) 526-6034 -- FOR
COPY OF SOLICITATION CALL (206-526-6425) The Government has a
requirement for a vessel, Master, and crew to support the Maritime
Mammal Surveys of the eastern tropical Pacific. The contract will
consist of approximately 135 calendar days (120 days underway and 15
days in port) for cruise year 1998 with an option for the same in 1999.
The 1998 cruise will begin o/a July 28, 1998 and o/a December 6, 1998
in San Diego, CA. The vessel will be required to conduct 4 legs of 30
days each in the eastern tropical Pacific study area. In addition, 5
day port calls in Hilo, Hawaii, Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica and
Guayaquil, Ecuador. The ship will be operating on the estern tropical
Pacific, between 35 degrees North and 15 degrees South latitude and 80
degrees to 160 degrees West longitude. The track lines will include
transiting the waters near Hawaii, Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica,
Mexico and Ecuador. The vessel shall be an ocean-going fisheries or
oceanographic research vessel in full compliance with all applicable
laws, regulating, and other requirements of the nation of registry.
Vessel requirements include CTD casts with water sampling to depths of
1,000m (3,280 ft), minimum length of 175 ft., minimum cruising speed
of 11 knots (20.3 km/hr), minimum endurance of 30 days at 11 knots and
8,000nm (14,816 km), maintain steerage of 1.0 kt in calm water for
accomplishing CTD casts, noise level below the International Council
for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) curve for marine mammal hearing. A
preferred vessel will be similar to the U.S. Navy T-AGOS ship in
configuration and noise level, one-compartment standard of stability
and subdivision, capable of performing effective mission CTD operations
through sea state 7 at the substained steerage to hold a constant
position, berthing for a scientific complement of a minimum of 10
scientific personnel, minimum 29 ft, height of flying bridge deck above
waterline. For more information please contact Paul Reed at (206)
526-6034. (0029) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0117 19980203\V-0002.SOL)
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