SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Mule Deer & Elk Collars & Appurtenances
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-6 Blue Mountain Area, Wallowa-Whitman NF, 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, Oregon, 97814
- ZIP Code
- 97814
- Solicitation Number
- AG-04M3-S-10-0038
- Point of Contact
- Jane Stuessy, Phone: 541-523-1240
- E-Mail Address
-
jstuessy@fs.fed.us
(jstuessy@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The USDA Forest Service, Range and Wildlife Habitat Laboratory, La Grande, OR, is in need of Model 4400 collars for use on mule deer and elk for the purpose of the continued monitoring of current locations and movement patterns. The collars will be off-the-shelf units, and shall interface with a custom automated telemetry system designed and supplied by Lotek Wireless in 2005. The system allows two-way contact with the collars. The system uses Loteck receiver/translators on remote towers to contact collars, download location data and send scheduling information, and to control this flow of information from a computer 30 miles away via cell phone modems. The Blue Mountain Acquisition Management Area intends to purchase these collars and appurtenances as a Sole Source acquisition from Lotek Wireless Inc. of Newmarket, ON, Canada. The intent is to purchase the following items: Replacement battery pack for GPS4400S collar 25 Replacement battery pack for GPS4400M collar 80 Replacement battery pack for GPS3300L collar 18 GPS4400M collar for large mammal (Elk) 21 GPS4400S collar for small mammal (Deer) 5 Total purchase price is estimated to be between $125,000 and $200,000. This notice represents the only official notice of this purchase. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals; however, all submittals received by the due date set forth in this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. It is the Government's believe that Lotek is the only entity with the necessary products that will satisfy the requirement. However, other potential sources with the expertise and required capabilities to provide this requirement may submit such data which demonstrates the technical requirements stated above no later than 15 calendar days from the posting of this announcement. Interested parties who believe their products are equally able to provide the requirements the above products satisfy should submit their product specifications to Contract Specialist, Jane Stuessy, jstuessy@fs.fed.us. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/04M3/AG-04M3-S-10-0038/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Pacific Northwest Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory, 1401 Gekeler Lane, La Grande, Oregon, 97850, United States
- Zip Code: 97850
- Zip Code: 97850
- Record
- SN02207035-W 20100717/100715235220-8a0024ec99c2a69a4b7cfc5d5d5680c7 (fbodaily.com)
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