B08_-_ATT_4_-_Tast_Order_specifications.docx
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This is a Task Order Specifications document for the Pacific Marine National Monuments Maritime Expedition Service IDIQ contract. The first task order encompasses two expeditions to remote waters of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, with Trip 1 potentially solicited separately due to time constraints.
Trip 1—the Nihoa Cenchrus Survey Trip—departs from Kewalo Basin Harbor in Honolulu between April 20-30, 2026, for a planned 12-day expedition (10-14 days anticipated) supporting 10 passengers. The vessel must provide an 8-hour loading period prior to departure, full room and board for all passengers during transit, and meals (breakfast, dinner, to-go lunch) for 5 passengers deployed on Nihoa Island. Daily small boat operations are required for up to 10 days to transport passengers and cargo between the vessel and Nihoa Island, with 5 passengers establishing a camp on the island and 5 transported daily to landing sites.
Trip 2—the Nihoa to Kapou Finch Translocation Trip—departs mid-July to mid-August with a target date of August 1, 2026, for an 18-day expedition (16-20 days anticipated) supporting up to 12 passengers. The vessel will station 6 days at Nihoa Island and 3 days at Kapou Island (where it may be required to live-boat or drift without anchoring). Requirements include an 8-hour pre-departure loading period, full room and board during transit, meals for 5-7 shore-deployed passengers at Nihoa only, daily small boat operations at both islands, a climate-controlled room to house 50 endangered Nihoa finches during transport, and contingency weather days to ensure safe operations for personnel retrieval and finch translocation.
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Tast Order specification for the Pacific Marine National Monuments Maritime Expedition Service IDIQ
The first task order of the IDIQ will potentially cover 2 -trips to the remote waters of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
NOTE: Trip 1 may be solicited separately due to time constraints.
Trip 1 – Nihoa Cenchrus Survey Trip Origin: Oahu, Hawaii. Preferably Kewalo Basin Harbor in Honolulu, HI.
Trip Destination: Nihoa Island Trip Terminus: Return to departure port.
Departure timing: Between 20-Apr-2026 and 30-Apr-2026.
Anticipated Trip Duration: Between 10-14 days, with a goal of 12 days total.
Number of passengers to support: 10 Trip specific Requirements:
1. 8-hour period of time to load the vessel on the day prior to departure.
2. Provide room and board for all 10 passengers during all transit days and room, breakfast, dinner and to-go lunch options for 5 passengers for each day the shore party is deployed on Nihoa.
3. Daily day-time small boat operations as needed to transport passengers and cargo between the vessel and Nihoa Island for up to 10 days. 5 passengers will deploy a camp the first day and remain on island until the last day. 5 passengers will be transported to and from the boat to landing sites daily.
Trip 2 – Nihoa to Kapou Finch Translocation Trip Origin: Oahu, Hawaii. Preferably Kewalo Basin Harbor in Honolulu, HI.
Trip Destination(s): Nihoa Island where the vessel will be stationed for 6 days, then Kapou Island (also called Lisianski Island) where the vessel will station for 3 days, then return to Nihoa Island for half a day before returning to port.
Trip Terminus: Return to departure port.
Departure timing: Between mid-July and mid-August with a current target of 1-Aug-2026.
Anticipated Trip Duration: Between 16-20 days, with a goal of 18-days.
Number of passengers to support: varying through-out the trip but up to 12 on the final leg.
Trip specific Requirements:
1. 8-hour period to load the vessel on the day prior to departure.
2. Provide room and board for all passengers on board during all transit days and lodging, breakfast, dinner and to-go lunch options for 5-7 passengers for each day the shore party is deployed to Nihoa. (No meals are anticipated to be needed for passengers for the period the shore party is deployed to Kapou.
3. Daily day-time small boat operations as needed to transport passengers and cargo between the vessel and Nihoa Island for up to 6 days. 5-7 passengers will be transported to and from the boat to landing sites daily. 5 passengers will deploy a camp the first day and remain on island until the last day. 3 passengers will remain on Nihoa while the vessel transits with the remaining passengers to and from Kapou.
4. Daily day time small boat operations as needed to transport passengers and cargo between vessel and Kapou though all passengers are anticipated to set up a camp on Kapou for the 3 days/2 nights the vessel will be at Kapou.
5. The vessel must be prepared to live boat or drift for the entire period at Kapou and may not be allowed to anchor.
6. A designated climate-controlled room must be made available to house nest boxes containing 50 endangered Nihoa finches for the leg of the trip between Nihoa and Kapou where the finches will be released.
7. One new passenger who will already be on Kapou will embark on the vessel when its time to depart Kapou with the original passengers to return to Oahu.
8. One half day of small boat operations at Nihoa to embark the 3 passengers left there and their supplies.
9. Provide plan and availability for additional weather days if unsafe conditions prevent small boat operations from occurring to retrieve personnel from islands as the transportation of the endangered finches may require a narrower window of potential conditions the transport by small boat to the vessel may occur in.
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