143011-24-0075 - Sources Sought.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Long Range Lobster Gear Inspection

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:

An Offshore Support Vehicle (OSV) of at least 100ft. must be capable of hauling trawls containing up to 90 traps, associated rope, and buoy gear for inspection by OLE personnel. The vessel must have sufficient deck space to secure up to two of these trawls for seizure, on its deck. The OSV must have an open stern with the deck less than 6ft above the waterline.

The OSV must have a davit of appropriate height and a notched gunnel large enough to clear the anchors and traps when lifted from the waterline onto the vessel’s deck safely. The OSV must be able to support trawls with anchors greater than 200lb on each end. The OSV must be capable of securing the larger and heavier traps to the ground line using a ganglion approximately 8ft. Lastly, to ensure that gear inspected is returned to fishing in good working order with standard practices in the lobster industry.

The OSV must include capacity for a captain, all required crew, fuel, adequate room for storage, and must be capable of transiting to and from the designated sites to complete the mission. The mission will require the OSV to operate up to a total of five-days from dock-to-dock. Departure locations will vary based on mission requirements, but are limited to ports in the New England area. Up to three (3) OLE personnel will be on board the vessel during missions in order to select gear for inspection, record data, collect evidence, and potentially seize non-compliant gear.

Starting at the contracted vessel’s docking location to the Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC), the contractor must be capable of providing shore side transportation for up to two seized lobster trap trawls during each mission;

including all necessary labor, equipment, and materials. Seized lobster cages will be unload the from the vessel, have any bait removed/discarded, loaded onto moving vehicle(s), and lastly transported to JBCC where they would be unloaded into storage.

Estimated Dimensions of Trawl Traps:

With the assumption of up to 100 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

790-1200 cubic feet of space on the truck/trailer would be required. Roughly up to 10,000ft of at least 6inch line is approximately 2,500lb 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 one 2-month Option Period 1 from August 1, 2025 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). The ROV must be operated from a larger OSV not less than 100ft. in length. 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 approximately 20 to 200 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 no later than May 17, 2024 at 2:00 pm MT.

mailto:kealie.chacon@noaa.gov mailto:kristen.picariello@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.