INVITATION TO BID (ITB) NUMBER: 220000039
RETURN THIS BID TO THE ISSUING OFFICE AT:
Department of Fish and Game
Division of Administrative Services 1255 W 8th
P.O. Box 115526 Juneau, Alaska 99811
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Notice of Intent to award issued out 6/15/2022.
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DATE ITB ISSUED: June 2, 2022
ITB TITLE: Sale of Chatham Strait (NSEI) Test Fishery Sablefish
SEALED BIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS AND MUST BE TIME AND DATE STAMPED BY THE PURCHASING SECTION PRIOR TO 1:30PM, STANDARD ALASKA TIME, June 13th, 2022, AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED.
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The department is soliciting bids from area processors to: (1) purchase fish caught during the survey, including tendering, (2) provide ice for three survey vessels, and (3) provide bait for three survey vessels.
The total expected landed catch for this survey is estimated to be approximately 80,000–120,000 round pounds of sablefish, plus an additional 2,000–3,000 pounds of dressed sablefish, 2,000–3,000 round pounds of thornyhead rockfish, and 2,000–3,000 round pounds of other rockfish bycatch. The facility and tender must be available to offload fish seven days a week. Bidders must provide tender service in Chatham Strait. Processors submitting a bid must have a facility and a tender capable of handling up to 70,000 pounds of round sablefish and must be able to provide high-quality ice and frozen bait for each vessel after the first offload. Anticipated offloading dates for the first round of tender deliveries are the evening of August 5 through the evening of August 6. The second delivery may be made directly to the processing plant at the end of the survey by each survey vessel unless other arrangements have been made and agreed upon to deliver fish. The final offloads are tentatively scheduled for August 9. If weather or other conditions extend the survey, additional or alternative tender services may be required.
Please see the attached ITB for further Details.
Kristie Ely
Procurement Officer
907-465-6178
kristie.ely@alaska.gov