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Solicitation Number: AB-133F-17-RQ-0427 NAICS Code: 541690

Title: Sampling Design Analysis for Optimal Fishery-Independent Monitoring for Pacific Islands Region Bottomfish Stocks

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Pre-Sol Issue Date: 05/18/2017 Quote Due Date: 06/02/2017

Contract Specialist: Noah Nielsen

Contract Support Staff to Receive E-mail of Response: Noah Nielsen

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One mission of NOAA is to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources as mandated by federal law. To directly support this mandate, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center has spent years developing the first fishery-independent survey in the Pacific Islands Region which is focused on the region’s most economically and culturally important domestic federal fishery. This requirement is to provide statistical and analytical expertise for this survey, to ensure its design and analysis are scientifically robust enough for managers to use, and to maintain relationships with separately contracted fishermen who help implement the survey. The analyzed results from this survey must be inputted directly into a fishery stock assessment analysis that provides information used to set sustainable catch levels.

Base Activity 1:

The contractor shall work closely with PIFSC Staff in the optimal survey sampling design and calculation of abundance and sizes for the Main Hawaiian Islands bottomfish fishery-independent survey. In collaboration with PIFSC Staff:

Conduct analyses investigating whether and how survey design strata (such as depth, slope, bottom type) can be improved with the goal of refining a biological definition of bottomfish habitat, balancing operational and analytical costs and capabilities with potential gains to survey precision and accuracy. This can include consideration of additional strata that may affect bottomfish catchability, such as the effect of wind.

Determine the optimal survey design of the fishery independent survey both temporally and spatially, for research projects conducted during the time frame of this contract.

Determine methods to calculate relative and absolute abundance, and to calculate representative size structure, given past and future sampling methods.

Optional Activity 2:

Work closely with PIFSC Staff to conduct analyses in support of optimal survey sampling design for the Main Hawaiian Islands bottomfish fishery-independent survey. In collaboration with PIFSC Staff:

Examine sources of bias due to aggregating habitat and catch data at different spatial scales.

Examine differences in seasonality of abundance and size structure.

A comprehensive list of actual requirements will be included in the Performance Work Statement within the solicitation package document.

The proposed contract action is set-aside for small business. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541690 and the business size standard for this requirement is $15 million. It is highly encouraged that any vendor meeting this size standard and desiring to be considered for award be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) using this NAICS code or a NAICS code with an equivalent size standard. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov. In order to register with the SAM, all offerors must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm or by phone at (866) 969-8491. It is also preferred that offerors to complete the electronic representations and certifications at the SAM website.

Any resulting contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed price type contract. Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or about May 19, 2017 at http://www.fbo.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [Add to Watchlist] and [Add Me to Interested Vendors] features which provide a notification when the Request for Quote (RFQ) becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at http://www.fbo.gov/.

The date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents and will be adjusted based upon the actual release date of the solicitation. All questions of any nature regarding this procurement should be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist, Noah Nielsen at noah.nielsen@noaa.gov.

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