Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Maine is seeking proposals to hire a commercial fishing vessel or vessels capable of 4-5 day duration trips conducting 24-hour operations up to 60 miles offshore to conduct seafloor sonar mapping surveys in the Gulf of Maine. An estimated 840 square nautical miles are expected to be completed in multiple trips to the proposed survey areas east of Cashes Ledge and south of Jeffreys Bank, located approximately 60 miles south of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 75 miles east-southeast of Portland, Maine, and 100 miles east of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Department anticipates making two (2) awards as a result of the RFP process and will likely select two (2) vessels to conduct the seafloor mapping surveys.
