The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE), Kodiak Fisheries Research Center located in Kodiak, AK are holding species of King and Tanner crab of a known age for shellfish aging research. At present, the laboratory requires housing for these crabs for research to be successful.

All interested concerns must submit a quotation and documentation by July 30, 2014 at 10:00AM Pacific time. All responses must be in writing. A Request for Quote (RFQ) with the technical specifications and clauses is incorporated as an attachment as part of this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. A firm-fixed-price order may be issued on or before July 31, 2014.

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