SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Coded Acoustic Transmitters & Receivers
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2020 11:40:12 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA NORFOLK VA 23510 USA
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- NFFN7600-20-01686
- Response Due
- 4/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/14/2020
- Point of Contact
- Bryton Curtis, Phone: 8164262304, Steven M. Prado, Phone: 8164267454, Fax: 8162746815
- E-Mail Address
-
Bryton.Curtis@noaa.gov, Steven.M.Prado@noaa.gov
(Bryton.Curtis@noaa.gov, Steven.M.Prado@noaa.gov)
- Description
- The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to solicit, negotiate and award on a sole source basis purchase order with InnovaSea Marine Systems Canada DBA Vemco Incorporated for the procurement of their Coded Acoustic Transmitters and Receivers. The Government intends to utilize the authority under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy agency requirements, unless, as a result of this announcement, acceptable responses to this notice are received and a determination is made by the Government to issue a competitive solicitation. The Government intends to award a purchase order to Vemco Inc. for their Coded Acoustic Transmitters and Receivers due to their proprietary nature as well as their compatibility in all aspects of form, fit and function with already exisiting systems. Vemco Inc. provides acoustic receivers for active and passive tracking, and miniature transmitters designed primarily for implantation in fish for scientists studying the migration and behaviour of marine and freshwater animals. The Vemco system is a proprietary system that consists of transmitters and receivers working together. Vemco coded transmitters and monitoring receivers use proprietary coding techniques that provide unique tag IDs to allow the interoperability of Vemco receiver arrays worldwide. In addition, encryption protecting the coding scheme is protected under copyright law as a Technological Protection Measure (TPM) and, as such, no one is permitted to circumvent the encryption or offer a service that is primarily for the purpose of circumventing the encryption. Any attempt to access Vemco�s coding scheme�is illegal. The Vemco Inc. acoustic telemetry system is not based upon a form of open standard. Therefore� other manufacturers have not worked with Vemco technology and are not privy to Vemco Inc. technology. The Government would incur a significant cost to investigate, validate and implement an alternative to the Vemco Inc. acoustic transmitters and receivers. Manufacturers that propose a solution using other than InnovaSea Marine Systems DBA Vemco Inc.�must furnish detailed specifications and descriptions to demonstrate their capability to provide the acoustic transmitters and receivers�that satisfy the Government�s needs. To be considered, interested parties must be able to demonstrate their ability to provide comparable acoustic transmitters and receivers�that meets the specific characteristics outlined above. Capability information shall include, at minimum, name, telephone number, address of customers for which you have previously furnished the acoustic transmitters and receivers, and a detailed narrative that describes your ability to provide the desktop microphones as specified. Interested parties must respond via email to bryton.curtis@noaa.gov prior to the closing of this notice. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334220. The government intends to solicit and negotiate with the only known source (InnovaSea Marine Systems DBA Vemco Inc.) that can provide the coded acoustic transmitters and receivers.�This is not a request for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The Government reserves the right to solicit quotes based on the receipt of affirmative responses to this posting without further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract 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 open competition to businesses other than Vemco Inc. All contractors doing business with this Contracting Office (Eastern Acquisition Division � Kansas City) must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website. Vendors can register with SAM at the following website https://www.sam.gov.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/4ec8483357b64c6e9eb17018ec9982b5/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Key Biscayne, FL 33149, USA
- Zip Code: 33149
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 33149
- Record
- SN05620201-F 20200416/200414230151 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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