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The Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Norfolk, VA is soliciting quotes, on behalf of the NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) is seeking a Contractor to provide and install Electronic Monitoring (EM) units (video cameras and sensors) on up to twelve (12) commercial fishing vessels. The Contractor shall be responsible for the installation of equipment, uninstalling of equipment, equipment maintenance, field support, meeting with industry members, stakeholders, and NMFS personnel, conducting outreach, image review, and data analysis summaries. The Contractor personnel will be working under the guidance of NMFS staff. The Contractor shall provide initial advice and training on processing the video and sensor data. The processing and data annotation of the electronic data will be the responsibility of the Contractor; however, NMFS may assist or audit the data as needed. This requirement is expected to result in a single award Firm-Fixed-Price contract. The period of performance of this Contract is for a base period of sixteen (16) months.

The RFQ will be solicited as a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside. The applicable NAICS Code is 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)), which has a corresponding size standard of 1000 Employees. The solicitation and proposed fixed-price contract will be issued utilizing FAR Part 12 and FAR Subpart 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items. The Award will be made to the quoter whose quote meets all Specifications and solicitation requirements and is determined to be the best value, by an integrated assessment of price and other evaluation factors listed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ).

The anticipated award date is August 2019. Hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued. It is incumbent upon vendors to monitor FEDBIZOPS for the release of the RFQ, Statement of Work, and all subsequent amendments. To be eligible for award, quoters must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov; quoters must also obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and provide it with the quote. All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the agency. For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Samantha Alb, Contract Specialist, at Samantha.Alb@noaa.gov.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:Samantha.Alb@noaa.gov