SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division - Norfolk, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA133F17RQ0610
- Archive Date
- 8/10/2017
- Point of Contact
- Linda L Mullen, Phone: 757-441-3436
- E-Mail Address
-
Linda.Mullen@noaa.gov
(Linda.Mullen@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT The US Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Simplified Acquisition Branch intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Amirix Systems, Inc. 20 Angus Morton Dr., B4B0L9 Bedford NS, Canada, using the procedures in FAR Part 13, to provide Customized Coded Acoustic Receivers, VR2AR-69khz Coded Acoustic Receiver with Acoustic Release (N = 12), VR2AR-LUG-KIT (N = 6) and VR2AR-MOORING LUG (N=60), to support monitoring the migration of Atlantic Sturgeon in waters off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast. The requirement is to provide research equipment necessary to continue monitoring migrating Atlantic sturgeon in waters off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic. Receivers included in this requirement are the only equipment which can detect transmitters that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) research partners deploy annually. The equipment outlined in this requirement to Vemco Limited will work with existing infrastructure of equipment and software systems and has been successfully used in work tracking Atlantic sturgeon since before they were listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2012. The Vemco system is a proprietary system that consists of Vemco transmitters and Vemco receivers working together. As noted above, the Vemco transmitters have already been deployed; thus, fully compatible receivers must also be deployed to achieve the research objective. The coded transmitters and monitoring rceivers use Vemco proprietary coding techniques that provide unique tag Identification Codes (IDs) to allow the interoperability of Vemco receiver arrays worldwide. The coding system and technology used by Vemco, was invented by Vemco and is the proprietary intellectual property of Vemco. This equipment is extremely cost efficient since it will work interchangeably with existing gear since it is 100% compatible with existing Vemco equipment, data analysis software, and database systems that are currently used by NMFS and research partners and collaborators. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is FAR 13.106-1(b) (1) (i), only one responsible source. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this acquisition is 335999 with a business size standard of 500 employees. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotes. However, if any other interested party believes that it can meet the requirements, it may submit a statement of capabilities, which if timely received, will be considered by NOAA. A statement of capabilities must be received by 04:00 pm, July 26, 2017. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Evidence must be provided of ability to provide the required services. The capability statement and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NOAA to determine if the party can meet all of the requirements. Capability statements and related materials must be e-mailed to linda.mullen@noaa.gov by 04:00am, July 26, 2017.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/EA133F17RQ0610/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 01930, United States
- Zip Code: 01930
- Zip Code: 01930
- Record
- SN04582829-W 20170719/170718000020-668505691148413b81106ec125f2ead0 (fbodaily.com)
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