Medium Range Lobster Gear Inspection Operations
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $251,000 to $500,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- NAICS code
- 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Place of performance
- Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
- Forecast number
- 30851
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from the Commerce Department's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking a 55' or larger Downeast lobster style vessel to conduct marine gear inspection operations in New England waters. The contract involves efficiently and safely hauling and resetting commercial lobster gear within 80 nautical miles from shore, with NOAA Law Enforcement personnel using an agency-owned ROV and Side Scan Sonar to collect imagery and inspect potentially non-compliant fishing gear. The estimated solicitation release date is May 15, 2024, with an anticipated contract award date of August 15, 2024.
The forecasted contract has an estimated award value ranging from $251,000 to $500,000, classified under the NAICS code 541690 for Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. The place of performance will be Gloucester, Massachusetts, with the primary point of contact being Susan Henderson from NOAA, who can be reached at susan.henderson@noaa.gov or +1-781-546-6018. The contract will be competitively bid through the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and will involve detailed documentation and potential evidence collection of marine gear compliance.
Forecast text
Use of a 55’ or larger Downeast lobster style vessel that by design is intended to efficiently and safely haul and reset commercial lobster gear in New England waters not to exceed 80 nautical miles (NM) from shore. Law Enforcement (LE) personnel will provide an Agency owned and operated ROV and Side Scan Sonar (SSS) to collect imagery of lobster gear (traps and lines). LE personnel will request the hauling of suspected non-compliant gear aboard the vessel for inspection to ensure compliance with federal fisheries and protected resource regulations. Video and still images will be retained for documentary and or potential evidence per agency policy.
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