Definitive Contract 1305M326C0011
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- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to MS. Julie, Inc. to conduct the West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey - First Pass Vessel. The contract is a 5-year award with a ceiling value of $2,053,600.00 and is set aside for total small businesses. The contractor will be responsible for providing a commercial fishing vessel between 65-109 feet in length with a minimum 450 horsepower engine to carry out the bottom trawl survey operations...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, awarded a definitive Firm-Fixed-Price contract to Ex-1 Corporation, a small business, for the charter of a commercial fishing vessel to conduct NOAA's annual West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,542,442.00 and a period of performance through April 30, 2029, including option periods. This contract was awarded under a total small business...
- F/V Last Straw LTD has been awarded a $2.77 million firm fixed-price contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Fisheries Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, to charter a commercial fishing vessel for the agency's annual West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey. This is a total small business set-aside contract with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2029, representing the exercise of Option Period II. The work will be performed in Seattle,...
- This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Ex-1 Corporation for the West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,700,956.88 and is set aside for small businesses. The contract supports the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) program. The contract was awarded on April 1, 2019, with a period of performance through February 29, 2024. The place of...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency, awarded a firm fixed-price contract to Chantal C, Inc., a small business, for the West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey - Second Pass Vessel. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,131,400.00 and a period of performance through April 30, 2026. The contract was set aside for total small businesses and was competed under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 114111, Fishing. The contract...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1.88M firm fixed price contract to Alaskan Leader Fisheries LLC on May 20, 2025, to provide a chartered longline survey vessel for conducting marine research in Alaskan waters through May 19, 2027. This total small business set-aside contract requires the vessel to conduct scientific surveys in the Gulf of Alaska during 2025 and the Eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region during 2026, with primary objectives of...
- The federal government has awarded a $1,711,235.12 firm-fixed price contract to F / V Last Straw LTD., a small business, for the West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey. This contract is being issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency, through its National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) programs. The contract has a period of performance through February 29, 2024. This contract award is a set-aside for...
- This is a $5,865,000.00 firm-fixed price definitive contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to United States Seafoods, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for chartering a vessel to conduct bottom trawl surveys of groundfish and crab in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands. This contract is designated as a total small business set-aside. The surveys support NOAA's mission of assessing fish stock health and enabling...
- This is a $6,950,731.00 definitive, firm-fixed price contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to United States Seafoods, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to provide vessel chartering and crew services to conduct bottom trawl surveys of groundfish and crab stocks in the Gulf of Alaska, eastern Bering Sea, and northern Bering Sea. The contract has a 5-year performance period ending on September 30, 2027. This contract was awarded under a total small...
- This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to B & N Fisheries Company, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to charter a vessel and crew to conduct a biennial bottom trawl survey of Alaskan groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands. The contract has a ceiling value of $5,110,475.74 and a period of performance from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2027, with a base period and four option periods. The...
NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) awarded a firm fixed-price definitive contract to MS. Julie, Inc. (MS Julie LLC) on May 1, 2026, to charter a commercial fishing vessel for conducting the West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey during the 2026-2030 period. The contract, valued at approximately $2.5M with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2031, was designated as a total small business set-aside and requires the vessel to conduct annual survey operations from mid-August through the third week of October. The prime contractor's vessel must be fully equipped with advanced navigation and sonar systems, capable of towing an 85/104 four-panel Aberdeen trawl at 2.7 knots to depths up to 700 fathoms, and staffed with experienced captains and crew members holding appropriate maritime certifications. Under the contract structure, which includes a base performance period from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027, and four optional one-year renewal periods, the vessel will conduct 47 fishing days annually along with associated mobilization, demobilization, and transit operations. The groundfish bottom trawl survey is a critical long-term fisheries monitoring program for the NWFSC, supporting stock assessments and sustainable management of West Coast groundfish resources. The firm fixed-price arrangement establishes specific not-to-exceed amounts for ancillary expenses such as mooring and communications ($9,000), travel ($2,080), and vessel haul-out costs ($10,400) during the base period, with operations based out of Newport, Oregon.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey | 1305M326Q0088 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Award Notice 3/3 | 4/30/26, 9:59 PM | |
West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey | 1305M326Q0088 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Solicitation 1/3 | 3/24/26, 6:29 PM | |
West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey | 1305M326Q0088 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Award Notice 2/3 | 4/30/26, 12:03 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $496.5k | 4/29/26 |