Support for northeast ocean data portal

This Special Notice announces the Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's intent to award a firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole source basis to the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation. The purchase order is to provide support for the Northeast Ocean Data Portal, which serves as an online repository for data outputs produced under the Bureau's Environmental Studies Program and is used by government and non-government ocean stakeholders.

The purpose of the Special Notice is to inform potential contractors that the Bureau intends to issue a 12-month purchase order with a period of performance beginning on or before September 24, 2021 to the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation in the amount of $250,000 to continue facilitating the Northeast Ocean Data Portal. Interested parties may submit a capability statement by September 17, 2021 in response to solicitation number 140M0121Q0059, however, the Bureau retains sole discretion to compete the action or award on a sole source basis to the Foundation, which currently manages the Portal. The applicable NAICS code is 519130.