survey crews and only having two vessels, and then NOAA also having, you know, hydrographic survey contracts, and knowing that the nation has a tremendous capacity in the private sector to provide those services, is the mechanism in place that if your vessel were down for maintenance or repair or assigned on some other priority, do you have MOA in place where you could reach out to the Office of Coast Survey and get hydrographic survey support from NOAA? Do you have the contracts available in the Charleston District, where you could reach to the private sector for that support? LT COL LITZ: I know I have contracts in In fact, that's how we would remove debris or vessel from the harbor. We don't have that capability So it would all be through our contracts, IDIQ contracts that are basically standing contracts.
survey crews and only having two vessels, and then NOAA also having, you know, hydrographic survey contracts, and knowing that the nation has a tremendous capacity in the private sector to provide those services, is the mechanism in place that if your vessel were down for maintenance or repair or assigned on some other priority, do you have MOA in place where you could reach out to the Office of Coast Survey and get hydrographic survey support from NOAA? Do you have the contracts available in the Charleston District, where you could reach to the private sector for that support? LT COL LITZ: I know I have contracts in In fact, that's how we would remove debris or vessel from the harbor. We don't have that capability So it would all be through our contracts, IDIQ contracts that are basically standing contracts.
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