The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) facility contains an experimental aquarium, a large animal necropsy lab, a specimen processing lab, a photogrammetry lab, ichthyoplankton lab, genetic labs, physiology labs, oceanographic labs, specimen archives, electronic workshops, a large tank for testing new sampling technologies, a library, conference rooms, and office space for 275 scientists and support staff. 

This is a new contract. The proposed contract action is set aside 100% for small business set-aside.  The associated NAICS code is 238220, and the business size standard for this requirement is $19 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 or a NAICS code with an equivalent size standard.  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 web site: 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.

A site visit will be held on Tuesday, May 16th at 9am. Contractors shall contact both Matthew D. Vogel and Jessica Lipsky at [email protected] and [email protected] for more information. Offerors who do not contact the identified points of contract prior to the date of the site visit will be unable to attend. No additional site visits will be held.

GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR RFQ

                Rachel Karkane

                Contract Specialist

Email:  [email protected]

SUBMISSION OF QUOTES

Quote information shall be submitted by email to Rachel Karkane at [email protected] and Sarah Waugh at [email protected] by May 23, 2023 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time.