Pago Pago American Samoa Shipping Services

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks shipping services for supplies, equipment, and water samples from American Samoa to Hawai'i and the Continental U.S., with quotations due September 4. The procurement is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 488999 (All Other Support Activities for Transportation) with a $25 million size standard.

Place of performance is the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center in Utulei, Pago Pago, American Samoa. The contractor must provide door-to-door shipping services including customs clearance and delivery fees for up to 8 water sample packages annually (approximately 28" × 15" × 21", 28 kg each) destined for the University of Hawaii at Manoa–SOEST in Honolulu, and up to 5 scientific equipment packages annually (32 to 87 lbs each, including Pelican cases) destined for NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, Washington. Shipments should avoid extreme temperatures where possible but do not require specific temperature control. All contractor employees must comply with Department of Labor prevailing wage rates (WD 2015-5689, Revision No. 28) and sexual assault and harassment prevention training requirements.

The base contract period runs from September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2027, with four optional one-year extension periods through September 29, 2031. The award type is firm-fixed-price on an all-or-none basis with Net 30 payment terms. Evaluation is pass/fail on technical acceptability, past performance on related contracts, and price; award goes to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable quotation. Quotations must be submitted in PDF or Microsoft Word format to Randall.Chatfield@noaa.gov and remain valid for a minimum of 60 days.