SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- Telemetry Equipment for Field Use
- Notice Date
- 1/21/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USACE CERL, Champaign, P O Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9005
- ZIP Code
- 61826-9005
- Solicitation Number
- W81EWF50061337
- Archive Date
- 1/21/2016
- Point of Contact
- Diane Biggs, 217-373-4488
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE CERL, Champaign
(d-biggs@cecer.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) in Champaign, IL has a requirement for radio transmitters and other telemetry equipment for field use in a project studying feral burros and coyotes on military lands. The equipment must meet the following criteria: 1) provide both global positioning system (GPS) and very high frequency (VHF) capabilities; 2) offer full protective casing and collars made specifically for feral burros and coyotes; 3) offer release mechanisms on urethane collars; Quantities required are as follows: 1. Feral Burro Telemetry Equipment a. Ten (10) on board GPS subsystems (GPS receiver, uGPSi controller/data logger, and VHF transmitter) which are collar mountable specifically for burros. Temperature and activity schedule data collection capabilities are required. Must be user programmable during operation. Must include a mortality sensor for the animal. Release mechanisms should be on very durable urethane collars for feral burros. b. Twenty (20) micro-processor controlled, collar mountable, VHF transmitters, urethane collar with release mechanism for feral burros. c. Required accessories for use including one (1) collar release programmer, one (1) smart cable, and one (1) adapter. 2. Coyote Telemetry Equipment a. Ten (10) on board GPS subsystems (GPS receiver, uGPSi controller/data logger, and VHF transmitter) which are collar mountable. Temperature and activity schedule data collection capabilities are required. Must be user programmable during operation. Must include a mortality sensor for the animal. Full protective case with release mechanism on urethane collar for coyotes. b. Thirteen (13) additional collar release mechanisms. 3. Delivery is required 8 weeks after award ERDC-CERL intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Telonics, Inc in accordance with FAR 13.106(b)(1). Market research indicates that this company is the only manufacturer can provide the required equipment. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334220 which has a size standard of 750 employees. This is not a small business set aside. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will be in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy. Please provide responses to this notice no later than January 27, 2014, at 12:00 pm, Central Time, to: Diane.M.Biggs@usace.army.mil Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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