Submission deadline passed.

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one stern trawling
fishing vessel to participate in a fisheries research project testing a Bycatch Reduction
Device (BRD) designed to reduce Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus Stenolepsis, bycatch in the
west coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery. This project will be a collaborative study
between the PSMFC, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Fisheries Service-Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), and the west coast
groundfish fishing industry.

Original posting date: 6.16.2011

Submission deadline passed.

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one midwater trawl vessel engaged in the Pacific whiting, Merluccius productus, fishery to participate in a project testing a Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) designed to reduce Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, and rockfish, Sebastes spp., bycatch. This project will be a collaborative study between the PSMFC, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service-Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), and the west coast Pacific whiting fishing industry.

Original posting date: 5.23.11

Submission deadline passed.

It is the intent of this Request for Proposals (RFP) and resulting contract to establish an agreement for the professional services for a website developer to redesign the current website and content management system in order to modernize, streamline, and make the PSMFC website more useable, professional, and adaptable for future uses and upgrades. The website redesign is intended to improve the functionality of the website and to provide information and interactivity with members of the organization and the general public.

Q&A Responses – Revised 6.21.11

Original posting date: 5.16.2011

Submission deadline passed.

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) has successfully deployed a number of distributed Microsoft Access applications including, but not limited to, vessel and scientific logbooks, data capture systems for research data, applications, query tools and user interfaces to support reporting these data and the E-Ticket and Compliance Monitor applications which went into the production environment on January 11, 2011 enabling electronic submission of West Coast commercial fisheries landing data.

PSMFC is seeking proposals from qualified applicants to provide continued support for these applications as well as enhancements which may be needed over time. The current needs of this project are to:

1) Provide maintenance and technical support of the existing Microsoft Access applications;
2) Provide technical support for interfaces between Microsoft Access applications and Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) Server databases     and/or other databases;
3) Assist with future enhancements and development of systems as needed.

Original posting date: 5.16.2011

Submission deadline passed.

Alaska Fisheries Information Network (AKFIN) is a program of Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) that maintains a data warehouse comprised of Alaska State and federal commercial fisheries data, as well as fisheries economic data collected through other projects within PSMFC. PSMFC/AKFIN is seeking to subcontract with an information technology (IT) company to provide continued support in the following key areas:

• perform ad-hoc and routine data requests for staff and authorized data users;
• maintain and develop new database structures and objects such as (1) designing new tables and views, (2) develop SQL and   PL/SQL code (3) SQL performance tuning;
• program applications using Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Microsoft .NET;
• develop and maintain an Oracle Business Intelligence reporting tool;
• perform routine validation and data quality checks;
• maintain and develop Linux scripts; and
• assist with future enhancements as needed during the life of this contract.

Original posting date: 5.9.2011

Submission deadline passed.

This request for proposal (RFP) is to review the technical expertise, pricing
structure and cost for potential contractors. The work will be to conduct ongoing fishing
effort surveys through use of state electronic fishing license frames in California, Oregon
and Washington. Occasionally, economic surveys may also be conducted using the
angler license frame or additional angler contact information collected by other surveys
in the field. The surveys are to be conducted primarily by telephone, but may include
internet options for some surveys. The successful contractor will be utilized to conduct
the various telephone surveys needed by PSMFC in its partnership with its member state
fishery agencies in managing their marine fisheries for the next 3-4 years.

Original posting date: 5.1.2011

Submission deadline passed.

PSMFC will contract with a single firm to provide the services described herein. Proposals shall fully address the scope of work below and include a description of all deliverables and activities. PSMFC expects to award a contract by July 1, 2011. The contract term shall be for five years and will include services to initially develop an ICAP and train staff to update this plan on an annual basis. The contract may also include options to renew the contract for additional periods of time.

Q&A Responses – posted 5.13.2011

Original posting date: 4.12.2011

Submission deadline passed.

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) successfully deployed the E-Ticket and Compliance Monitor applications into the production environment on January 11, 2011 enabling electronic data submissions of West Coast commercial fisheries landing data. The predecessor of this system was used in the West Coast whiting fishery for the last four years.
PSMFC is seeking proposals to provide continued support for this system as well as enhancements over time. The current needs of this project are to:

1. Provide maintenance and technical support of the existing .NET web services system;
2. Provide maintenance and technical support of the existing Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) Server database;
3. Identify and evaluate technology options for data capture and transfer protocols to extend the existing programs including      replacement of the existing distributed Microsoft Access application used by:
     a. fish buyers to electronically capture and submit fish ticket data
     b. fish plant Compliance Monitors (CMs) to electronically capture and submit CM reports
4. Assist with future enhancements as needed during the life of this contract.

Q&A Responses – posted on 5.2.11

Original posting date: 4.11.2011

Submission deadline passed.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council developed the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Rationalization Program over a 6-year period to accommodate the specific dynamics and needs of the BSAI crab fisheries. The BSAI Crab Rationalization Program is comprised of a number of novel aspects, and the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Council) is interested in ensuring that it will be able to adequately assess the impact of the Program and future management changes on affected parties. Therefore, the Council specified that a mandatory economic data collection program be developed to provide employment, cost, and sales data necessary to understand the economic performance of harvesters and processors participating in BSAI crab fisheries. Annual Economic data reports (EDRs) that collect quantitative financial information about harvesters’ and processors’ crab operations were specifically developed for the crab fisheries. Completion and submission of EDR forms are required as a condition of permit renewal and continued participation in the crab fishery since the program was implemented in 2005.

In order to ensure that the data submitted by respondents in the EDRs is accurate, the Council has specified that data reported in EDR forms be subject to verification, including audits of related company records. Validation protocols developed over the first five years of data collection involves reviewing the data contained within submitted EDRs, conducting random audits for a certain percentage of submitted EDRs, and conducting verification audits for those EDRs containing anomalous or outlier data values. In this RFP we are seeking your ideas on what it would cost to complete the validation audit process, implementing or improving the validation protocols developed for EDR data to date.

The Council has specified that the EDR data collection and management be administered by a third party, the Pacific State Marine Fish Commission (PSMFC), rather than National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) or the State of Alaska. Therefore, PSMFC is soliciting proposals for a review and verification protocol, and to carry out audits for the 2010 EDRs. A review committee coordinated by PSMFC will review proposals and make a selection. Any individuals or entities that are members of the review committee and who also submit proposals or who may directly benefit from a proposal must recuse themselves from the review process.

Original posting date: 2.4.2011

Submission deadline passed.

Proposals are requested to film (in high definition format), record, create graphics, provide professional voiceover, script, edit and complete the total production of a 40-50 minute remake of the current “Don’t Move a Mussel” video.

Original posting date: 11.12.10