SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- GPS Collars needed for Feral Swine Project
- Notice Date
- 3/25/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- PR-16-792949
- Archive Date
- 5/31/2016
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 970-494-7360
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/ National Wildlife Center in Fort Collins, CO intends to award a sole source, Purchase Order to Vectronic Aerospace GmbH of Berlin, Germany for the purchase of 23 Vectronic Vertex Plus-2 collars (with VHF, Bi-directional Iridium, wireless UHF communication, mortality logger, and drop-off options) and a drop-off release transmitter. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1The statutory authority is 41 U.S.C. 253( c )(1) The property or services needed by the executive agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the executive agency. The USDA/APHIS/WS-National Wildlife Center currently own multiple collars (25) and base stations (40) of this same make and model and have access to feral swine already wearing same-model collars (30+) in several areas across the US. The ability to collect information on interactions among collared animals and visitation to sensitive sites such as nest of Endangered Species or entrances to domestic swine production facilities is invaluable and supports the purchase of devices capable and compatible of interaction with existing equipment. The Feral Swine Project of the USDA APHIS WS National Wildlife Research Center is responsible for many facets of research on ecology and damage of feral swine in the US. Due to the secretive nature of feral swine, devices such as GPS collars are a necessity for collecting important information on target species. Further, the acceptance of catching and then releasing a target and persecuted animal such as feral swine is often low to non-existent. To enable us to catch and release target individuals becomes acceptable when we are able to locate and target the animals real time via Iridium equipped GPS collars such as we are requesting. Lastly, this collar make and model proposed has the capability of interacting with like collars as well as stationary base stations enabling us to collect information on interactions among collared animals as well as visitation to precise locations on the landscape. This interaction capability is available from one other company; however, their devices cannot communicate with the collars and bait stations we have invested in to this point. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services, as well as three (3) references from other customers who are using these services, to the Contracting Officer by 4:00pm. Mountian Time (MT) on the closing date of this notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334220 - Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing. The small business size standard is 750 Employees. Responses received after the response date or without the required information will be deemed nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. Capability statements may be sent to: Carol Dingess, Contracting Officer, USDA-APHIS-MRPBS, AAMD Procurement Branch, 2150 Centre Avenue Building B MS (2E06) Fort Collins, CO 80526, or via email @ Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov or fax @ 970-472-1897.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/APHIS/WS-National Wildlife Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80521, United States
- Zip Code: 80521
- Zip Code: 80521
- Record
- SN04062473-W 20160327/160325233857-0b22f5e45bb5771f427467bf8360226a (fbodaily.com)
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