NOAA Fisheries Special Notice of Intent to a Single Source-Cetacean and Seabird Observer Services

Special Notice: ACQ-26-0805 NOAA / NMFS / AFSC The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), intends to award, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with WildSEA Inc., of San Pedro, California, to procure the following: Provide cetacean and seabird observer to collect data during a large-scale, vessel-based, line-transect cetacean survey in the Gulf of Alaska. Services to include sighting, identifying, and documenting species all cetaceans and seabirds observed, photo-ID photographer, photographic database manager and writing summaries of photo-ID encounters, presenting the seabird observation results in a clear and concise manner,