SOW Fagatele Bay.docx
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This Statement of Work (SOW) details the requirements for obtaining unlimited landside access to the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa's Fagatele Bay for law enforcement activities. The Pacific Islands Division of NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement, in partnership with the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, seeks to secure consistent access through privately held lands to conduct sea and land patrols for detecting and deterring potential violations of marine conservation laws.
The solicitation is a sole-source procurement with a planned award to Carolyn Fuimaono-Faumui, requiring interested vendors to submit capability statements by August 20, 2025, at 0900 Pacific Time. Vendors must provide their UEI number, technical data, cost information, and evidence of capability. Submission instructions specify emailing capability statements as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments to Zachary McKay and Jenna Taulman at NOAA, with a maximum attachment size of 20 MB and a required email subject line of "Fagatele Bay Access - SAM Notice". The contract will be awarded under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Commercial procedures, with a firm fixed-price structure.
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STATEMENT OF WORK
Unlimited Access to National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, Fagatele Bay via privately held lands in order to conduct Law Enforcement activities NOAA OLE PID and JEA Partners.
1.0 Organization
The Pacific Islands Division (PID) of the Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC), is a government agency charged with the mission of enforcing laws, regulations and conservation measures supporting stewardship for living marine resources.
2.0 Background
The PID OLE and Joint Enforcement Agreement Partner (JEA) American Samoa (AS) Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) conducts land patrols to the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS), Fagatele Bay on a regular basis. These patrols are to detect and deter possible violations of the MSA, ESA and MMPA. Access, by land, to the NMSAS Fagatele Bay is only available via privately held lands. Accessing Fagatele Bay requires a fee payable to the landowner.
2.1 Scope
NMFS Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), Pacific Island Division, Pago Pago Field Office together with Joint Enforcement Agreement Partner (JEA) Department of Marine and Wildlife Resource Division (DMWR) conduct sea patrols and land patrols to NMSAS Fagatele Bay regularly. The ability to gain unlimited access to Fagatele Bay in a consistent manner without delays, or rejections by the private landowner, is critical to enforcement and conservation activities. To address these circumstances, it is necessary to pay the landowner for access through their land.
2.2 Benefits
Implementation of this proposal will enhance NOAA OLE and DMWR’s operational tempo within the NMSAS Fagatele Bay. The implementation of this proposal will provide better access, the ability to conduct monitoring activities; public education, and to detect, deter and cite possible violations occurring within the National Marine Sanctuary.
3.0 Service Required
The requirements to meet our objectives will include the following. The landowner shall perform any required work.
A. Provide unlimited access via privately held land.
B. Provide NOAA OLE PID the ability to add a coded padlock to gate chain. This will ensure OLE and DMWR can access the land via vehicle or on foot at any time.
C. Ensure vehicle route, footpaths and trails are maintained and accessible.
4.0 Points of Contact
The primary PID point of contact (POC) will be Bonnie Oshiro. The POC (or designee, EO Lonetona Conaway) will accept delivery, perform inspection, and installation as required.
NOAA-IRC/NMFS/OLE
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176 Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 Office: 808-725-6110 Lonetona.Conaway@noaa.gov
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