SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Fish, Ice, Access and Logistics Support for Commercial Fisheries Biosampling at the Guam Fishermen’s Cooperative Association - Redacted Justification for Other than Full & Open Competition
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division - Seattle, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349, United States
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- AB-133F-16-RQ-0738
- Archive Date
- 10/3/2016
- Point of Contact
- Crystina R Jubie, Phone: (206) 526-6036
- E-Mail Address
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crystina.r.jubie@noaa.gov
(crystina.r.jubie@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Redacted Justification for Other than Full & Open Competition - Fish, Ice, Access and Logistics Support for Commercial Fisheries Biosampling at the Guam Fishermen’s Cooperative Association This publication serves as a notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract with Guam Fishermen's Cooperative Association for supply of fish, access and logistics support for commercial fisheries biosampling. Having access to continuous harvest and population data is a fundamental requirement in order to be able to assess marine fisheries resources and manage them sustainably. In recognition of expanding data requirements to comply with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA), funding has been provided to the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center to implement the Commercial Fisheries Bio-Sampling (CFBS) project for the Pacific Islands areas. The long term goal is to implement and maintain a comprehensive bio-sampling program for Pacific Island areas that will provide biological information needed for stock assessment, including development of Allowable Catch Limit (ACL) guidelines or similar management schemes for key stocks. The CFBS is designed to opportunistically sample existing fisheries and provide in-depth information about the catch, with biological monitoring to include: •Species identification, size and weight frequencies •Age, length, weight and growth data (for the full size range of each species) •Size at sexual maturity •Fecundity and spawning seasonality •Length-frequency data by fishery or gear type In order to meet its mission, NOAA has a requirement to sample as broad a supply of non-pelagic fish catches as possible in support of the Commercial Fisheries Bio-Sampling project, enabling the CFBS to estimate age, growth and life history data for major commercial fish species in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Obtaining this information will facilitate the long term development of sustainable management for marine fisheries in the region, in support of NOAA's Fisheries Mission. Under this requirement, the contractor must: 1.Provide access for Commercial Fish Biosampling contractors (collectively "CFBS staff") to subsample entire catches of non-pelagic species landed at the Coop. 2.Provide space for CFBS staff to conduct biosampling at the Coop and to store biosampling equipment between sampling events. 3.Notify CFBS of significant opportunities to sample targeted species and types of catches. 4.Allow sufficient time for CFBS staff to identify fish to species, and record length and weight data before landings are processed for sale. 5.Permit CFBS staff to collect samples of hard and soft body parts (including but not limited to fin clips, otoliths, gonads, tissue samples and selected structures), for use in establishing life history and stock structure parameters from a subset of the catch. 6.In some cases, entire animals may be purchased for archive as a reference for taxonomic identification. The Guam Fishermen's Cooperative Association is the only vendor local to Guam that has the facilities and can provide the scale and breadth of fish required for conducting commercial fisheries bio-sampling (CFBS) project for the Pacific Islands. Therefore, it is proposed that a sole-source contract be negotiated with Guam Fishermen's Cooperative Association for fish, ice, access and logistics support for commercial fisheries biosampling. The Government intends to negotiate a firm fixed price contract with the period of performance commencing approximately September 16, 2016 with four one-year option periods. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541990 with a corresponding size standard of $15.0M. This notice represents the only official notice of this solicitation. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, all submittals received by the due set forth in this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. It is the Government's belief that only Guam Fishermen's Cooperative Association can provide these items. However, other potential sources with the expertise and required capabilities to provide these services may submit such data which demonstrates the technical requirements stated above in duplicate no later than 10 calendar days from the date of the posting of this announcement. This data must include sufficient information to allow NOAA to evaluate the proposal relative to the technical requirements stated above. Offerors should include a description of significant collaboration and subcontracting that will be required to provide technically acceptable deliverables. No cost or pricing data is required. Responses shall be faxed to Crystina Jubie at (206)527-3916 or provided by e-mail to Crystina.R.Jubie@noaa.gov. THIS NOT A SOLICITATION. A redacted Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition (JOFOC) is attached.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, United States
- Record
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