SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION IS ISSUED FOR WILDLIFE COMPUTERS ARGOS SATELLITE-LINKED DATA RECORDERS (SDRs) OR EQUAL
- Notice Date
- 7/27/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-6-1095-NFFS730060073
- Response Due
- 8/11/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2006
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation, items being procured in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisitions Procedures. The office of NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory located in Seattle, WA intends to acquire following items: Item#1 quantity of 5 each Wildlife Computers MK10-AF Fast-GPS, location and dive data recorder or equivalent. Must compute locations based on <1 second of reception of GPS signals, with location accuracy of <20 m. Must provide record of seal haul-out status or proportions at 1-hour resolution. Must provide summaries of dive behavior as histograms of depth and duration, or dive-by-dive data on maximum depth and duration. Must have sufficient battery life to provide 100,000 Argos transmissions at 0.5W radiated power. To extend and control deployment length, the SDR must: a.Include a wet/dry sensor that limits transmissions to when the tag is clear of the water. c.Allow user programmable duty-cycling by day or month. b.Allow user programmable limit of the total number of transmissions per day. d. Allow user programmable limit of transmissions to hours when the satellite is likely to be in view e.Recognize whether the animal is at-sea or hauled-out, and transmit at the appropriate rates. Argos permits a maximum of one transmission every 45 seconds when the animal is at-sea, and one transmission every 90 seconds when the animal is hauled out. f. Allow suspension of transmissions after the animal has hauled out for a user-defined number of hours. The SDR must be potted in resin (preferably clear) to withstand pressure at depths up to 1000 m of water. The potting must be cast in as hydrodynamic a form as possible, given the limitations imposed by the internal components, and be abraded on the bottom surface for adhesion to quick-setting epoxy, used to attach the SDR to a seal?s pelage. Item#2 quantity of 14 each Wildlife Computers SPOT5, Flipper-tag mounted location and haul-out recorder or equivalent. This tag must be very small (maximum mass of 60 g in air, maximum dimensions of 80mm [L] x 19.5mm [W] x 10.5mm [H], antenna length 20 cm), and permanently affixed to a Temple Original animal tag (www.templetag.com), which is the means for attaching the recorder to a seal?s hind flipper. The unit must have sufficient battery capacity for 10,000 Argos transmissions at 0.5W radiated power. To extend and control deployment length, the SDR must:a.Include a wet/dry sensor that limits transmissions to when the tag is clear of the water.b.Allow user programmable duty-cycling by day or month. c.Allow user programmable limit of the total number of transmissions per day.d. Allow user programmable limit of transmissions to hours when a satellite is likely to be in view. The SDR must record, calculate, and transmit daily ?percentage haul-out timelines? indicating the percent of time during each hour that the SDR?s wet/dry sensor is out of the water. Each timeline must be stored and transmitted for at least 4 days to ensure complete records are received through the Argos system. The SDR must be potted in resin (preferably clear) to withstand pressure at depths up to 500 m of water. All user programming and control of the SDR must be provided through software at no additional charge that runs under the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. Item 3: quantity of 14 each Wildlife Computers Splash 1XC tag, ARGOS location, dive, and haul-out recorder or equivalent. This recorder must be small (i.e., maximum mass in air of 250 g, 165mm [L] x 39.5mm [W] x 34mm [H]), but it must have sufficient battery life to provide 100,000 Argos transmissions at 0.5W radiated power. To extend and control deployment length, the SDR must: a.Include a wet/dry sensor that limits transmissions to when the tag is clear of the water. b. Allow user programmable duty-cycling by day or month. c. Allow user programmable limit of the total number of transmissions per day. d. Allow user programmable limit of transmissions to hours when the satellite is likely to be in view. e.Recognize whether the animal is at-sea or hauled-out, and transmit at the appropriate rates. Argos permits a maximum of one transmission every 45 seconds when the animal is at-sea, and one transmission every 90 seconds when the animal is hauled out. f.Allow suspension of transmissions after the animal has hauled out for a user-defined number of hours. The SDR must collect data on depth (1 m resolution), temperature, light levels, and wet/dry periods, and summarize them into compressed histograms for transmission through the Argos system. The numbers of bins (up to 14 per histogram), the bin cut-points, the period of coverage (1-24 hours), and the starting time of each histogram must be user programmable. The SDR must provide, at a minimum, the following types of data messages, selectable by the user: 1. Dive duration histograms: Number of dives within the specified dive duration ranges. 2. Maximum dive depth histograms: Number of dives whose maximum depth is within the specified depth ranges. 3.Time-at-depth histograms: Time spent within the specified depth ranges. 4.Time-at-temperature histograms: Time spent within the specified temperature range. 5.Percentage timelines: What percentage of the hour the tag was above a user-specified threshold depth, or dry. 6.Each timeline must be stored and transmitted for at least 4 days to ensure complete records are received through the Argos system. Because the behavior of diving animals limits access to the Argos satellite system, the SDR must provide the option of condensing multiple data messages into a single transmission to increase data throughput. Transmissions must include status messages at user-programmable intervals for battery voltage, the number of transmissions sent, the current zero-pressure offset value, the current time according to the internal clock, and seawater conductivity. The SDR must be potted in resin (preferably clear) to withstand pressure at depths up to 1000 m of water. The potting must be cast in as hydrodynamic a form as possible, given the limitations imposed by the internal components, and be abraded on the bottom surface for adhesion to quick-setting epoxy, used to attach the SDR to a seal?s pelage. All user programming and control of the SDR must be provided through software at no additional charge that runs under the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. Only firms that can provide the exact or equivalent ARGOS satellite ?linked data recorders described herein will be considered. All interested parties must respond to this announcement within fifteen (15) calendar days of its publication. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to (206) 526-6025 attention to Maria Mendoza. This is a simplified acquisition with the estimated value of less than $100,000.00. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation and resultant award. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.acqnet.gov/far 1. 52.213-4 TERMS AND CONDITIONS--SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS (OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL ITEMS) (APR 2005) 2. 52.243-1 I CHANGES--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1987)--ALTERNATE I (APR 1984) 3. 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER (OCT 2003) 4. 52.204-7 CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (OCT 2003) 5. 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (JAN 2005) 6. 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATIONS (MAY 2004) 7. 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999) 8. 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR 1984) 9. 52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (MAR 2005) 10. 1352.239-73 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES (OCT 2003)11. 1352.239-74 SECURITY PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTORS/SUBCONTRACTOR PERSONNEL FOR ACCESSING DOC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS (OCT 2003 12. 52.243-1 CHANGES--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1987) 13. 52.244-6 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Dec 2004) 14. 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) 15. 52.211-6 BRAND NAME OR EQUAL ****The Western Regional Acquisition Division, requires that all contractors doing business with this Acquisition Office be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) as of October 1, 2003. After this date, NO award can be made unless the vender is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR please access the following web site: http://www.ccr.gov. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at www.dnb.com/eupdate or by phone at (800) 333-0505. All contractors are also required to complete online Representations and Certifications at HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV.
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