Marine Sound in GoM - NFWF Request for Proposals

[Melissa Soldevilla - NOAA Federal <>]

Dear all,

On behalf of my colleague at NFWF, I'd like to share the following RFP announcement below.  This is an exciting opportunity to work on underwater radiated noise evaluation and reduction in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Thank you for sharing this information for us!

Melissa

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Melissa Soldevilla

Research Fishery Biologist

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center

75 Virginia Beach Drive

Miami, FL 33149

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From: Michelle Pico <m("nfwf.org","Pico");" target="_blank">Pico@nfwf.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 5:20 PM
Subject: Marine Sound in GoM - NFWF Request for Proposals
To: Michelle Pico <m("nfwf.org","Pico");" target="_blank">Pico@nfwf.org>

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) through a partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),seeks a qualified independent Contractor(s) to support work under the initial phase of the anthropogenic underwater noise reduction project to identify and prioritize locations and sources of underwater noise within the Gulf of Mexico based on their impact to cetaceans; and to prioritize noise reduction opportunities that show the greatest potential for testing in future phases. This solicitation is part of a larger project that includes both short and long-term acoustic monitoring that will be used to evaluate pilot project effectiveness and overall project success.

The Request for Proposals can be found through the following link:

https://www.nfwf.org/media-center/announcements/request-proposals-contractor-support-reducing-impacts-marine-mammals-anthropogenic-sound-gulf-mexico-0 

Deadlines

• Questions regarding solicitation via email to m("nfwf.org","topico");" target="_blank">pico@nfwf.org by June 24, 2021(5PM EST)
• NFWF posts submitted questions and responses via above weblink by June 30, 2021
• Proposals due via email m("nfwf.org","topico");" target="_blank">topico@nfwf.org by July 29, 2021 (5PM EST)
• Interviews with selected finalists during the weeks of August 1st and 8th
• Tentative NFWF Notification to Offerors in August

Please circulate broadly to anyone that you feel might be interested. 

Michelle Pico

Program Director, Marine Conservation

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation