# Un-crewed Aircraft System Requirement to Protect Northern Right Whales

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/143011240187

- Solicitation number: 143011-24-0187
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was May 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NOAA (1305M3)
- NAICS: 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- Product or service code: T009 Aerial Photographic Services
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Gloucester, Massachusetts
- County: Essex County (FIPS 25009). https://abierto.us/counties/essex-county-ma-25009
- City: Gloucester. https://abierto.us/cities/gloucester-ma-2526150
- First posted: May 2, 2024
- Last posted: May 6, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e113fc076afe43a48ef02af28a2e1183/view

## Description

Amendment #1 hereby extends the response due date from Friday May, 10th at 2pm Mountain Daylight Time to Tuesday, May 14th at 2pm Mountain Daylight Time.

Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) is in need of a service provider that can provide and operate long-distance/long-duration un-crewed aircraft systems (UAS) to locate and identify vessels subject to the RWSSRR traveling at speeds over 10 knots in Seasonal Management Areas (SMAs) during posted times that are not able to be identified and sanctioned via other sources (AIS, shore-based collection platforms). The service provider must provide evidence of sufficient quality to issue a notice of violation to and extract fines from vessel owners/operators found to be speeding.

## Publications

- May 2, 2024: Sources sought, due May 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 7e0e68784cd64e6dbe5cde5d7b7fdbdf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7e0e68784cd64e6dbe5cde5d7b7fdbdf/view
- May 6, 2024: Sources sought, due May 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice e113fc076afe43a48ef02af28a2e1183. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e113fc076afe43a48ef02af28a2e1183/view

## Points of contact

- Kealie Chacon, kealie.chacon@noaa.gov, 7208080689
- Kristen Picariello, kristen.picariello@noaa.gov, 7812545452

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