Specifications include, but are not limited to: The department is soliciting bids from area processors to: (1) purchase fish caught during the survey, including tendering, (2) provide ice for four survey vessels, and (3) provide bait for four survey vessels. The total expected landed catch for this survey is estimated to be approximately 80,000–120,000 round pounds of sablefish, plus an additional 2,000–3,000 pounds of dressed sablefish, 2,000–3,000 round pounds of thornyhead rockfish, and 2,000–3,000 round pounds of other rockfish bycatch. The facility and tender must be available to offload fish seven days a week. Bidders must provide tender service in Chatham Strait. Processors submitting a bid must have a facility and a tender capable of handling up to 70,000 pounds of round sablefish and must be able to provide high-quality ice and frozen bait for each vessel after the first offload. Anticipated offloading dates for the first round of tender deliveries are the evening of July 25 through the evening of July 26. The second delivery may be made directly to the processing plant at the end of the survey by each survey vessel unless other arrangements have been made and agreed upon to deliver fish. The final offloads are tentatively scheduled for July 29. If weather or other conditions extend the survey, additional/alternative tender services may be required.
