OFFICIAL NOTICE CONTENT
Opportunity description
The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries requires one new and unused NOAA Class II research vessel for operations supporting Papah?naumoku?kea National Marine Sanctuary. The vessel will be based in Oahu, HI, and will carry science and dive parties of up to nine people total. The vessel will conduct the following missions: Dive Training and Proficiency, Emergency Response, Acoustic Studies, Whale Entanglement Response, Vessel Inspections, Partner Missions, Baseline Data Collections, and Specimen Collections. All questions shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist no later than Tuesday, September 15th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Please refer to the attached solicitation and statement of work for additional details. Amendment 0001 extends the solicitation closing date to Friday, September 25th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time; extends the deadline for questions to Tuesday, September 15th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time; and adds Attachment B, "Vendor Questions and Responses" to the list of attachments.
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