Notice of Intent to Sole Source to gCaptain
NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations intends to negotiate a sole-source, firm-fixed-price purchase order with gCaptain, LLC in Morrow Bay, CA for job advertising on gCaptain’s website to support maritime outreach and recruitment for hard-to-fill licensed and unlicensed deck, engine, and steward positions. gCaptain is described as the only known professional mariner site, with over 1,200,000 monthly site visits and readership targeting those mariner groups. The requirement is a small business set-aside under NAICS 516210, which has a $41.5M size standard. Award is anticipated by December 11, 2026. Other interested parties may submit a written capability statement to Contract Specialist Elizabeth Eichelberger via email for consideration, and the Government may use responses to determine whether to conduct a future competitive procurement.