Summary
NOAA (Chesapeake Bay Office) intends to negotiate and award, on a sole-source basis, a firm fixed price purchase order to Oyster Recovery Partnership to monitor established oyster reefs and assess oyster population density, biomass, presence of multiple year classes, and shell volume. The contract period of performance is expected to be August 2026 through July 2027, with work in Chesapeake Bay tributaries including Harris Creek, Little Choptank River, Tred Avon River, St. Mary's River, and Manokin River. Interested sources must submit capabilities statements (technical and cost information) by 1:00 p.m. Eastern on 10 July 2026 to the NOAA points of contact listed in the notice; this notice is a presolicitation (not a competitive solicitation) and no solicitation document file is provided.