143011-24-0106 - Sources Sought.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Medium Range Vessel Support Services

This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal or Quotation. It is not considered to be a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided; no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought Notice or Government use of any information provided.

Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to:

1. Determine if there are sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists.

2. Determine whether the acquisition should utilize any of the small business programs in accordance with FAR

Part 19.

Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action.

Requirement: This notice is issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Acquisition Division (WAD) and NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), Northeast Enforcement Division to identify sources capable of providing the following:

The Contractor shall provide a 60’ or larger Downeast lobster style vessel that by design is intended to efficiently and safely haul and reset commercial lobster gear in New England waters not to exceed 80 nautical miles (NM) from shore. OLE personnel will provide an Agency owned and operated ROV and Side Scan Sonar (SSS) to collect imagery of lobster gear (traps and lines). OLE personnel will request the hauling of suspected non-compliant gear aboard the vessel for inspection to ensure compliance with federal fisheries and protected resource regulations. Video and still images will be retained for documentary and or potential evidence per agency policy. Non-compliant gear may be subject to seizure.

Compliant gear will then be re-deployed in a manner consistent with the original location and returned to the ocean floor in good working order with standard practices commonly used in the lobster industry.

Estimated Dimensions of Trawl Traps With the assumption of up to 60 traps each mission, with estimated dimensions of either:

a) 60″ x 24″ x 15″ = 12.5 cubic feet or

b) 48″ x 21″ x 13.5″ = 7.875 cubic feet

475-750 cubic feet of space on the truck/trailer would be required. Roughly up to 5,000ft of at least 6inch line is approximately 1,250lb as well.

Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance for these services are an initial 12-month Base period estimated to run from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, and two 12-month Option Periods from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. A Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract is anticipated for award.

NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 541690; Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services - size standard is $16.5M.

Scope of Work:

Use of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to provide imagery which identifies lobster gear, traps, lines and ensure they are in compliance and not in violation with any regulations prohibited by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). These operations will be carried out under the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation (MSFC) and Management Act (MSA) and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (ACFCMA) to enforce sustainable lobster fishery within the confines to the regulations cited in this requirement.

Place of Performance:

The fieldwork will take place aboard a contracted offshore support vessel (OSV) in waters not to exceed 80 nautical miles offshore of New England.

Submission of Information: Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information.

Companies may respond to this Sources Sought Notice via email to:

Kealie Chacon kealie.chacon@noaa.gov and Kristen Picariello kristen.picariello@noaa.gov later than May 17, 2024 at 2:00 pm MT.

mailto:kealie.chacon@noaa.gov mailto:elliott.waxman@noaa.gov

Please provide the following information/documentation:

1. Name of Company, Address and Unique Entity ID.

2. Point of Contact and Phone Number.

3. Business Size applicable to the NAICS Code: 8(a) Small Business Concern, Hub Zone Small Business

Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSBC) or a Small Business Concern.

4. Statement for Proposal Submission:

• Evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, points of contact and telephone numbers.

• Brief statement on how your company will perform the work.

• A statement indicating if your company is the prime contractor or if you are a subcontract, what percentage of the requirement does your company plan on subcontracting to another business.

Interested parties: Need to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Failure to submit sufficient detailed information may result in considering a company as not a viable source and may influence competition and set-aside decisions. Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this requirement.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation.

After a review of the responses received from this notice, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on the Government wide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the potential quoter’s responsibility to monitor the GPE for release of any future solicitation that may result from this Sources Sought Notice. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.