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58 -- MODIFY, INSTALL, AND TEST A PIEZO-ELECTRIC COPOLMYER SENSOR (PECOP) FOR APPLICATION AS A MANATEE DETECTION SENSOR AT ST. LUCIE LOCK, LAKE OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA SOL DACW17-97-R-0002 DUE 022297 POC Contract Specialist Reena Henderson (904) 232-3702 (Site Code DACW17) This is notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., (HBOI) (a not-for-profit institution) to modify, install, and performance test a Piezo-Electric Copolmyer Sensor (PECOP) system for application as a manatee detection sensor. These sensors were designed, developed, installed, demonstrated, and tested for the Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, at Port Mayaca, Florida, in 1995. The installed PECOP system on two interlocking sector gates at St. Lucie Lock, Florida, shall be capable of detecting a manatee between the closing gates of the structure, sending a signal to activate audio and visual alarms, stopping the gates, and opening the gates slightly to release capture. This alarm system shall be capable of interfacing with the gate operational control systems located in the machinery housings on both sides of the channel. As part of this procurement, the contractor will provide detailed drawings, specifications, etc., to allow future procurements for this PECOP system to be issued competitively. Request for Proposal is expected to be issued to HBOI o/a 15 Jan 97. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this procurement is 3812, with a size standard of 750 employees or less. (0330)

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