Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

********************* UPDATE 10/23: Draft PWS attached for vendor review. Due to the Government shutdown, the solicitation is expected to be posted in late November/early December and all dates will b... ********************* UPDATE 10/23: Draft PWS attached for vendor review. Due to the Government shutdown, the solicitation is expected to be posted in late November/early December and all dates will be updated accordingly. Any questions or comments regarding the PWS must be submitted to the POCs on this notice, and will be answered via updates on this posting or within the solicitation itself. This is an excepted activity; however, not all personnel are available during a lapse in appropriations, so please all CC Sarah Waugh @ sarah.waugh@noaa.gov on any responses. *********************** The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) requires Fishery Observer Support Services in support of the Southeast Fisheries Observer Program (SEFOP). The SEFSC requires a contractor to provide all qualified personnel, material, equipment, services, support and facilities (except as otherwise specified) to perform quality environmental, biological, and fisheries operations data collection, data analysis, and information dissemination for the SEFSC. Data quality is of the utmost importance. Performance of contract requirements may occur in multiple locations on land and at sea from ports located in the South Atlantic and Gulf of America regions. The proposed contract action is set aside 100% for small business. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541690, and the small business size standard for this requirement is $19.0 million. It is highly encouraged that any small business meeting this size standard and desiring to be considered for award be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) using this NAICS code. It should be noted that offerors must be registered in SAM prior to submission of an offer. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following website: https://sam.gov/. In order to register with the SAM, all offerors must also have a unique entity identifier through http://sam.gov/conent/entity-registration. The proposed contract action is anticipated to be solicited as a single award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) commercial services type contract with a five (5) year ordering period and Firm-Fixed-Price daily rates for Fishery Observer Support Services. The period of performance is anticipated to be 12/21/2025 – 12/20/2030. This notice is not a solicitation, a request for proposal (RFP), request for quote (RFQ), nor an invitation for bid (IFB). This notice does not guarantee that a solicitation for this proposed contract action will be issued and does not guarantee, implied or otherwise, that a contract will be awarded for the proposed contract action. Solicitation documents are anticipated to be made available for download at a later date at https://sam.gov/. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties may also use the “follow” feature to monitor changes to this notice as well as all postings of information associated with the solicitation thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking https://sam.gov/ to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at https://sam.gov/, and all responsible sources may submit a quotation, bid, or proposal, as appropriate, which will be considered by the agency. The date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents. All questions of any nature regarding this procurement should be sent via email to the Contract Specialist, Jamie AbuShakrah, at jamie.abushakrah@noaa.gov. This is an excepted activity; however, not all personnel are available during a lapse in appropriations, so please all CC Sarah Waugh @ sarah.waugh@noaa.gov on any responses.