The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is seeking one new and unused NOAA Class II research vessel to support operations for Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Sanctuary. The vessel will be based in Oahu, Hawaii, and must accommodate science and dive parties of up to nine people total. It will be used for missions including dive training and proficiency, emergency response, acoustic studies, whale entanglement response, vessel inspections, partner missions, baseline data collection, and specimen collection. No budget amount or performance timeline is specified in the description.

The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries seeks to acquire one new, unused NOAA Class II research vessel to support operations for 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. It will conduct missions including dive training, emergency response,