Purchase of Bottom Trawls for Alaskan Surveys

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Alaska Fisheries Science Center, seeks to purchase four line items of bottom trawl fishing equipment for Alaskan surveys, with proposals due July 7 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time and questions due July 2 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. The procurement is a Women-Owned Small Business set-aside with 100% small business set-aside requirement under NAICS Code 314999, size standard 550 employees.

Place of performance is the Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, Washington, with FOB Destination delivery. The required items are two RACE Trawls, one Modified Poly Nor'Eastern Trawl, three Codends, and two Footropes (one RACE Footrope and one Poly Nor'Eastern Footrope). The RACE Trawls must be 4-seam bottom trawls with 4.5-inch mesh, horizontal opening of 17–20 meters and vertical opening of 5–6 meters, maximum catch capacity of 10 tons, operating depth range of 10 to 1,000 meters, towing speed capability up to 3.2 knots, and durability in hard-bottom environments. The vendor must be locally based in the Washington State area and complete all work including design review, prototype construction, and sea trials by August 31. The contract requires vendor availability for up to five meetings in Seattle, troubleshooting support during initial testing, and up to two modification cycles based on field trial data. The contracting officer is Jenna L. Taulman. Award will be made on a firm-fixed-price basis to the responsible offeror whose offer is most advantageous to the Government, evaluated on Technical Approach and Capability, Past Performance, and Price, in that order of importance. Offerors must submit completed Past Performance Questionnaire Sections I and II with proposals.