NIGP 94592: Whaling Services

NIGP 94592 Whaling Services, an Item code, encompasses the capture, processing, and commercial operation of whale hunting and related marine mammal harvest activities. State and local governments procure whaling services primarily through tribal authorities, coastal state agencies, and regional marine resource management bodies that manage indigenous subsistence harvesting rights and limited commercial whale fisheries under federal marine protection statutes. The work includes vessel charter and operation for whale location and capture, processing facilities for meat and byproduct handling, and compliance documentation with international whaling conventions and domestic endangered species regulations.

No recent state or local contract opportunities under NIGP 94592 appear in the available procurement records. The code remains inactive in current state and local solicitation activity, reflecting the narrow jurisdictional scope of whaling operations (limited primarily to Alaska and Hawaii tribal entities and a small number of coastal state fisheries departments) and the highly specialized, federally constrained nature of the work.