Notice of Intent to negotiate a sole-source contract - Nor'Eastern Trawl Systems trawl doors and rigging assemblies
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service � Alaska Fisheries Science Center, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1); with Nor�Eastern Trawl Systems Inc. for midwater trawl doors and replacement Cantrawl rigging assemblies used in the deployment of research vessels performing fisheries research in the northern Bering Sea. Sole Source Justification The sole source determination is based on the AFSC�s deployment of groundfish and midwater fisheries surveys performed on NOAA research ships during the FY26-27 field seasons. These surveys adhere to AFSC Annual Guidance Memo priorities (e.g., recruitment, species distribution shifts, changing maturity and growth, fish condition, stock boundary changes, food availability, ...