Marine Ecosystem Management and Offshore Development Service
- Client
- California
- RFP Number
- EXTRA-75661
- Posted
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- Category
- Professional, Consulting, Administrative or Management Support Services
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
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Description
AI GeneratedThe government authority located in California requires a vendor to provide marine ecosystem management and offshore development services. The buyer needs the selected vendor to extend existing marine mammal and sea turtle monitoring through targeted augmentations such as additional instruments, seasons, locations, or movement and behavioral measurements. The requested scope also includes collecting data on seabird at-sea density, flight height, and behavior over and adjacent shelf approaches using digital high-resolution aerial imagery, vessel-based strip-transect surveys, and GPS tracking where feasible. Additionally, the vendor must extend existing monitoring of fish and invertebrate assemblages and, where appropriate, calibrate emerging survey methods against established ones to quantify comparability. Only USA organizations qualify for this opportunity. The vendor will perform the work offsite. The buyer accepts proposals to determine the project budget. The provided text omits evaluation criteria and key dates.
Key solicitation details
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The California Ocean Protection Council and California Sea Grant College Program are soliciting proposals for applied research to strengthen the state's ability to detect ecological change and assess baseline conditions for offshore development in California. Total funding available is $2,700,000, with individual project awards from $50,000 to $750,000. Eligible applicants include public agencies, California Native American Tribes, and private non-profit or for-profit organiz…
- Issued by
- California Ocean Protection Council and California Sea Grant College Program
- Optional Informational Webinar
- September 9, 2026, 9:00 - 10:00AM PT
- Letter of intent due in eSeaGrant
- October 9, 2026, 5:00PM PT
- Full proposals due in eSeaGrant
- November 17, 2026, 5:00PM PT
- Anticipated project start
- On or after June 1, 2027
- Project completion deadline
- November 30, 2029
- How to submit
- Electronic via eSeaGrant
- Submission details
- Submitted online using eSeaGrant. Narrative components formatted in PDF using 11-point Arial font, single-spaced, 1-inch margins. Letter of intent capped at 2 pages; Project Narrative capped at 10 pages.
- Contract term
- Up to 30 months (2.5 years) in duration
- Estimated value
- Minimum $50,000 and maximum $750,000 per project; total program funding available is $2,700,000
- Place of performance
- Humboldt and Morro Bay wind energy areas (WEAs), adjacent waters and Humboldt Bay, nearshore and state waters in California
- Funding
- 2 CFR Part 200, NOAA federal funds, and Ocean Protection Council state funds
How proposals are evaluated
| Degree to which the project team has the qualifications, experience, facilities, materials, equipment, and capacity to execute the proposed work |
Scope of work
- Synthesis, modeling, and statistical power-analysis of existing data and information
- Extend existing marine mammal and sea turtle monitoring through targeted augmentations
- Collect data on at-sea density, flight height, and behavior of seabirds
- Extend existing monitoring of fish and invertebrate assemblages
Minimum qualifications
- Project leads (principal investigators) must have principal investigator (or equivalent) status at their institution
- Public agencies, California Native American Tribes, and private non-profit or for-profit organizations able to receive state or federal funds
Documents to include with the bid
- Letter of Intent
- Signed Institutional Cover Page
- Project Narrative
- Curriculum Vitae(s)
- Current and Pending Support
- Excel 90-4 Budget Form and Budget Justification
- Data Management Plan
- CEQA Compliance Form or Permit Approval Status Form
- Generative AI Disclosure
- Accessibility Plan
Verify important details
Document checkConfirm submission instructions and amendments with the issuing agency before responding.
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