Notice of Intent to negotiate sole source contract to HECTOR J RUIZ TORRES

Solicitation description

SEFSC Puerto Rico Deepwater Reef Fish Survey NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT Special Notice: FD-2026-494 NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 12.102(a), with HECTOR J RUIZ TORRES. This requirement is for: Services, non-personal, to provide all labor, equipment and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for Vessel services in Puerto Rico for Deepwater Reef Fish Survey. The applicable Size Standard is North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541690 with a Small business size standard of $19.0M Dollars. This Sole Source Determination is based on NOAAA's requirement that is the only Vendor that provides the required service. The scientific and technical consulting contractor shall provide vessels, captains, and observers that meet the specifications outlined in this document. The vessels will be used in performing deployment and retrieval of hook and line fishing equipment at each grid, and acquiring biological samples and general fish information of targeted and incidental catch. The vessel(s) will be required to complete a total of no more than 250 grids, island-wide, as determined by grid selection from 20 - 450 m depths. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Sampling will be conducted by commercial fishing vessels island-wide around Puerto Rico. The vessel daily rate shall include services of captain and observer on board, gas for commercial vessel to complete the scientific work, transit to and from port, cost of bait for the scientific work for the hook and line fishing, the deep-drop fishing gear including line, hooks, reels, floats, or weights, and time required to extract any biological samples. The vessel daily rate should also include the delivery and collection of supplies and/or samples shipping to and from NOAA; and back and forth between contractor headquarters and the Puerto Rico DNER. Fishermen may need to mobilize from ports outside of their home port to target all fishing grids selected for sampling. Datasheets, fish biological and tissue sampling supplies, and stopwatches for timing deployments will be provided by NOAA fisheries. The Contractor provided observer will assist with field work. The contractor is responsible for providing an observer to conduct the required field work. Data collection protocols, biological sample collection, photo uploading and datasheet uploading shall be conducted by the observer(s) in accordance with the NOAA protocols defined and provided for this project. No more than 250 sampling grids will be selected at random, island-wide, stratified by depth (20 - 450 m) and rugosity scores as defined by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) multibeam backscatter and bathymetry data. Grid name, corresponding...

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