SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Provide 50 GPS Radio Collars for Elk Monitoring.
- Notice Date
- 6/23/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- MWR - Black Hills Contracting - Mt Rushmore National Memorial 13000 Hwy 244, Bldg. 31, Suite 1 Keystone SD 57751
- ZIP Code
- 57751
- Solicitation Number
- I1505040090
- Archive Date
- 6/23/2005
- Point of Contact
- Chris Esper Contract Specialist 6055743153 Chris_Esper@nps.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- (1) Collars must be constructed on a GPS engine with a minimum of 12 parallel channels. (2) Collars must feature a masking angle of <10 degrees. (3) Collars must be reprogrammable and capable of recording locations at >2 rates specified by the purchaser. In particular, collars must be capable of operating for >1 year at a primary fix rate of 1 location every 7 hours (year-round) and on days specified by the purchaser at a secondary rate of 1 location every 15 min (~3 days/month). (4) Vendor must be able to supply references that will attest to the proper functioning of the collars and release mechanisms offered in >94% of cases. (5) Collars that fail will be repaired or replaced by the vendor. Failures will include malfunctions of the GPS receiver or antenna, power supply, VHF transmitter, mortality sensor, release mechanism, or any other component that is critical for normal data acquisition and collar recovery. If failed collars cannot be recovered, the determination of failure will be made by the purchaser. (6) Collars must include VHF radio transmitters that indicate mortalities of animals (unit must include mortality sensor). (7) Collars must record animal activity levels and ambient temperatures coincident with animal locations. (8) Records associated with each location must also include x and y coordinates, the time of location, the amount of time required to acquire the location, the number of satellites used to compute the location, and measures of horizontal and positional dilution of precision. (9) Collar recovery must be accomplished by release with a pulse-coded radio triggering mechanism operating at a frequency of 173.2 MHz or contract must include a similar triggering mechanism. (10) Collars must include VHF radio transmitters operating on unique frequencies ranging from 166-168 MHz. (11) Separate costs must be provided for refurbishing collars for reuse. (12) Refurbishment to be accomplished by the manufacturer within 45 days of receipt from purchaser. (13) To eliminate risk of disease transmission, refurbishment must include complete replacement of collar material, antenna, release mechanism. (14) To assure reliable operation during reuse, refurbishment must include software updating, replacement of the collar release mechanism, replacement of the battery, and recalibration of electronics controlling the release mechanism. (15) Terms of sale to include a minimum of 100 hours of engineering support to resolve technical difficulties and accommodate unanticipated considerations. Estimated price range for this project is between $100,000 and $250,000. NAICS 334511, P&S 9999. This solicitation will be available only on the Department of the Interior (DOI) website at http://ideasec.nbc.gov O/A July 8, 2004 and will close O/A August 9, 2004 at 02:00 pm MST, unless extensions are issued in an amendment.
- Web Link
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(http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/announcementdetail.jsp?serverId=NP144302&objId=1461804)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Wind Cave National Park RR 1, Box 190 Hot Springs, SD 57747 Custer County
- Zip Code: 57751
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 57751
- Record
- SN00608514-W 20040625/040623212415 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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