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1. DISCLAIMER This is a Sources Sought Notice issued for informational purposes only. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or an announcement of a solicitation. This notice does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation or make an award. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research in accordance with the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) Part 10 to determine the availability of qualified sources and to gain knowledge of industry capabilities to meet the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for Professional Services for Restricted Access Management (RAM) Division Support. Responses to this Sources Sought will not be considered as offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this notice, and all costs associated with responding to this Sources Sought will be solely at the interested party's expense. Any information provided by respondents is voluntary. 2. INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE The NOAA Fisheries Alaska Regional Office (ARO) is seeking to identify potential sources capable of supporting the RAM in performing intake of permitting applications, providing first line customer service to industry inquiries regarding applications and systems/application troubleshooting, and providing training and outreach. RAM/ARO supports sustainable fisheries and promotes fishing communities by issuing Federal fishing permits and other fishery authorizations to fishery participants. Throughout the calendar year, RAM reviews and issues licenses for the American Fisheries Act (AFA) Program, the Amendment 80 Program, Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) halibut and sablefish, the Rockfish Program, subsistence halibut, charter halibut, groundfish and crab License Limitation Program (LLP) and processes over a thousand IFQ halibut/sablefish, IFQ crab, Guided Angler Fish (GAF), and LLP license transfers, among others. RAM is regularly providing advice and notifications to fishermen and the public on the interpretation of Federal fishing regulations. The Government anticipates the estimated budget for this requirement is between $400,000.00 and $500,000.00. Vendors are encouraged, in their statement, to notify the Government if the estimated budget is reasonable. The Government intends to acquire professional services for the following key tasks (%): Fishery Application Intake and Processing (50%) - Contractor personnel will support the Restricted Access Management Division by performing intake of fishery applications and permits and inputting the necessary information in the required Alaska Region system for processing. RAM historically processes over 5,000 applications, received both by electronic and hard mail. Contractor personnel are expected to initially intake and enter the majority of these applications into AKR systems for further review. This includes reviewing the applications a…

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