SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE.
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Rgn 3 5600 American Blvd West Suite Bloomington MN 55437-1458 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- F15PS01006
- Point of Contact
- Bashizi, Chantal
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, Division of Biological Resources (DBR), Bloomington, MN intends to award a sole source firm fixed price order under authority of FAR 6.302-1, Other than Full and Open Competition procedures, and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition procedures to Tech Sale CO., Minneapolis, Minnesota. This requirement is for a purchase of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) RiverSurveyor M9. R3 water resources staffs maintain a network of nearly 50 individual surface water monitoring gages. Most of these monitoring sites are located on streams and diches within or adjacent to National Wildlife Refuges. The monitoring sites record water level information, in addition to other parameters, which is subsequently used to compute streamflow. In order to compute streamflow from water level data, physical measurements of streamflow must be obtained on a periodic basis. In order to ensure accuracy and consistency of water data to Service staff, as well as their partners, R3 water monitoring protocols and equipment must follow the standards maintained by the US Geological Survey (USGS). The government ¿s standard for obtaining streamflow measurements on streams and rivers is through the use of ADCP technology. ADCPs use sound waves to measure the depth and velocity of water, allowing accurate, efficient and safe measurement of streamflow. Several types of ADCPs have been tested and approved by the USGS office of Surface Water (OSW) with guidance on the most appropriate instruments to use under various conditions. It is critical for water resources and field station staff that the instruments used as part of the regional Water Monitoring Network be reliable, capable of measuring and recording data of high accuracy and be consistent in function, operation, calibration, and programming. The use of unreliable equipment results in the loss of valuable data, long duration troubleshooting, as well as repair or replacement. R3 water resources staff have purchased and operated a wide variety of ADCPs. Each type of ADCP is designed for use under a range of conditions. The USGS OSW has been testing the SonTek RiverSurveyor since 2008. Since then it has worked closely with SonTek to improve and enforce strict standards on the deliverables of the RiverSurveyor M9. Currently M9 is the only ADCP on the market with multi-band multiple acoustic frequencies. This allows the unit to balance the highest resolution in the greatest range of depths, and increasing data accuracy in streams with highly variable depths. The North American Industry classification (NAICS) code is 334513, and the size standard is 500 employees. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals; however, firms with expressed interest and capability are encouraged to respond. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. /.
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