Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Moorage for NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson in Dutch Harbor, AK
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 140802-26-0306
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 488310 Port and Harbor Operations
- Place of performance
- Dutch Harbor, Alaska 99692, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), operating under the Department of Commerce, published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source on April 15, 2026, regarding moorage and husbandry services for NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The Marine Operations Center, Acquisition, Accountability, and Analysis Branch intends to negotiate directly with Offshore Systems, Inc., a vendor based in Dutch Harbor, for these services. This special notice is not a formal competitive solicitation, and no solicitation package is currently available. However, interested firms have the opportunity to challenge the sole source determination by submitting supporting documentation within three days of publication.
Firms seeking to compete for these moorage and husbandry services must submit written substantiating documentation demonstrating their capability to fully meet the Government's requirements by April 18, 2026, within three days of the notice publication. The documentation will be evaluated exclusively to determine whether NOAA should pursue this procurement on a competitive basis rather than continuing with the sole source approach. Only written submissions will be accepted; oral communications are not permitted in response to this notice. The final decision to conduct a competitive procurement remains entirely at the Government's discretion. This procurement falls under the Port and Harbor Operations category (NAICS 488310) and involves husbandry services and port-related operations.
Notice text
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
NOAA's Marine Operations Center, Acquisition, Accountability, and Analysis Branch, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, with Offshore Systems, Inc. of Dutch Harbor, AK, for the procurement of moorage and husbandry services for NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson in Dutch Harbor, AK.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide moorage and husbandry services that fully meets the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 3 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
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