INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE - ALASKA WHALE FOUNDATION

Department of Commerce · NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION · Special Notice · 26-475

posted 26 August 2026 · closed 18 September 2026 · NAICS 541990 · PSC B509 · 2 postings

Summary

NOAA intends to award a sole‑source contract to Alaska Whale Foundation for professional services supporting long‑term whale monitoring in Southeast Alaska. The work will include integrated data collection such as systematic surveys, photo‑identification, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) photogrammetry, and biologging tag data to estimate gray whale abundance and identify humpback whale foraging hotspots.

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