Professional scientific and technical support services

Added: Sep 09, 2014 4:29 pm

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has a requirement for Professional Scientific and Technical Support Services for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, the West Coast Region, the Pacific Islands Regional Office, and in non-domestic areas of the Greater Pacific Region.

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and all else necessary to perform the work required by the proposed Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract and the Statement of Work.  Performance of work is scheduled on an individual task order basis.  The contract is contemplated to consist of a one-year base period plus 4 one-year option periods.

This procurement is a 100% small business set-aside.  The NAICS code for this procurement is 541990 and the size standard is $15 million.

The work will be described and assigned on a per task basis, any of which are subject to change at the Government's discretion upon issuance of the solicitation.  Some of the potential major requirements are the following: 1) conduct professional scientific research in support of living resource sampling; 2) conduct field surveys and environmental data collection; 3) conduct assessment and analysis of environmental quality; and 4) provide interpretation of analysis and findings.

All responsible and fully responsive sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency.  Any resulting contract will be awarded as an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract.  Solicitation documents will be made available for download around September 23, 2014 at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/.  Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued.  Additionally, the Government will not reimburse any interested parties for monies spent to respond to this solicitation notice.

Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps [Watch This Opportunity] and [Add Me To Interested Vendors] features which provide a notification when the RFP becomes available for download as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation, thereafter.  Each potential offeror is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation.  The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/.

Any questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Eila Harnett at eila.harnett@noaa.gov.

All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov/.  NO award can be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM.  In order to register in SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all bidders must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number.  A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://www.dnb.com/get-a-duns-number.html or by phone at (800) 526-9018.