Statement_of_Work.pdf
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This Statement of Work outlines requirements for a fishing boat charter service to support the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Striped Bass Tagging Program in winter 2025. The contractor will provide a vessel for 10-13 offshore fishing trips between January 2 and March 31, 2025, operating out of Ocean City, Maryland to tag approximately 1,000 striped bass as part of a coastwide conservation program.
The vessel must be minimum 40 feet, US Coast Guard certified for 20 passengers up to 30 miles offshore, and equipped with radar, sonar, temperature monitoring, and a specialized livewell system. The captain must have at least 5 years of striped bass charter fishing experience and a 100-ton USCG license. Trips will be 8-12 hours long, conducted 7 days per week including weekends/holidays as conditions permit, between 0600-1800 hours. The work area covers Atlantic waters off Maryland with possible extension to Delaware, New Jersey or Virginia waters. The contractor is responsible for all vessel maintenance, fuel, and operating costs. USFWS will obtain required permits for fish tagging activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone.
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Scope of Work
USFWS MARYLAND FWCO
177 ADMIRAL COCHRANE DRIVE
ANNAPOLIS MD 21401-7307
SCOPE OF WORK
Fishing Boat Charter for 2025 Striped Bass Tagging (up to 30 miles offshore)1. General:
1.1. Description: Maryland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (MDFWCO; 177 Admiral Cochrane Dr.
Annapolis, MD 21401) will hire a vessel to conduct offshore tagging of Striped Bass in the Atlantic Ocean. A minimum of 10 trips with a maximum of 13 trips will be completed during winter 2025.
Fishing will be based out of Ocean City Maryland and each trip may be between 10-30 miles offshore depending on location of fish. Fishing will potentially take place in waters of MD/DE/NJ/VA.
1.2. Purpose/End Application: The goal of the project is to tag as many Striped Bass as possible with a target goal of 1,000 fish. Tagging is conducted all along the Atlantic coast as part of the USFWS Cooperative Striped Bass Tagging Program that has been in place since 1985. Tagging is a collaborative effort between state and federal agencies and is required as part of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (P.L. 98-613) as well as Amendment 6 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) management plan for Striped Bass.
2. Scope
2.1. The Contractor will work cooperatively with the USFWS to provide a sound, seaworthy sportfishing vessel to capture striped bass with rod and reel. Fishing will take place in state and federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of MD and possibly extending to either DE, NJ, or VA for tagging and release as part of the USFWS Cooperative Coastwide Striped Bass Tagging Program.
3. Contractor & Vessel Qualifications
3.1. Contractor Personnel: Captains shall have at least five years’ experience charter fishing for striped bass within the specified survey area and hold a 100-ton inspected U.S. Coast Guard license. Captains must supply one to two mates based on number of daily fish caught to handle, deploy, and repair fishing gear and land fish.
3.2. Vessel:
3.2.1. The contracted vessel shall be a minimum of 40’, sound, seaworthy, and U.S. Coast Guard certified to carry up to 20 passengers (17 scientific crew, the Captain, and two mates) out to 25-30 miles. Vessel shall be properly outfitted for fishing offshore up to 30 miles.
3.2.2. All U.S. Coast Guard required safety equipment shall be onboard, in addition to a deployable life raft for 20 people (even if not required by USCG).
3.2.3. Vessel shall be equipped with sufficient instrumentation to provide depth and locality (latitude and longitude of capture sites) information, surface water temperature, and radar capable of detecting birds potentially foraging above feeding striped bass, and side-scan SONAR.
3.2.4. Vessel must have a functional bathroom and heated cabin.
Scope of Work
3.2.5. Vessel must have the capability to provide continuous running ambient seawater to a specialized livewell (3’L x 5’W x 3’H) that will be provided by USFWS.
3.2.6. Vessel must have ample room (minimum 20’W x 15’L) in the stern of the boat to accommodate USFWS livewell as referenced above with adjacent spacing for up to 11 people to safely maneuver around the livewell while active fishing is occurring.
3.3. Maintenance: Throughout the Contract term the Contractor shall at its cost and in its time: maintain the vessel, its parts and equipment in a good and efficient state of repair and operating condition, in accordance with good commercial maintenance practice and otherwise in full compliance with all conditions, recommendations, regulations and other requirements of the agencies, authorities and bodies having jurisdiction over the Vessel
3.4. Other: USFWS will not be responsible for slip fees, oil, repair, maintenance, losses, or any other expenses or liabilities sustained in the operation of the vessel in connection with this contract. The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries and/or USFWS will obtain the necessary authorizations from the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, and MD Natural Resources Police to authorize capture, tagging, and release activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone off the mid-Atlantic coast.
4. Place of Performance and Period of Performance
4.1. All work will be completed in the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Ocean City Maryland 21842.
4.2. All charter trips shall be completed between January 2, 2025 through March 31, 2025. Trips will be a minimum of 8 hours and a maximum of 12 hours duration, unless shortened due to adverse weather conditions.
4.3. Work will be conducted 7 days a week until the maximum number of funded trips are completed.
Typical work hours will be between 0600-1800 and may be affected by weather and fish availability.
4.4. Work will be conducted on weekends and/or holidays as needed. All trips will be conducted as soon as possible during the performance period and completed as conditions (weather, fish, etc.) allow.
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