Notice of Intent to Sole Source

This Special Notice announces the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's intent to issue a sole source contract. The bureau seeks to award a contract to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to utilize its expertise and access to confidential fisheries datasets to create datasets summarizing fishing effort, catch, and value for the bureau and National Marine Fisheries Service.

The purpose of the sole source contract is to have the commission, leveraging its experience and proprietary access to fisheries data, develop spatial datasets on fishing metrics like effort, catch, and value for use by the bureau and its partners. Interested parties may submit a capability statement or proposal by September 7, 2022, though as a sole source notice, award is expected to the pre-identified Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. The period of performance is five years with a twelve-month base period and four one-year options. The solicitation number is 140M0122Q0045 and is titled "Notice of Intent to Sole Source Pacific Fisheries Spatial Datasets."