USDA, ARS, North Atlantic Area, Contracting Office, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038

66 -- GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) FOR EIGHT (8) ANIMAL TRACKING UNITS POC Lisa M. Botella, Contracting Officer and Point of Contact, (215)233-6551, fax (215) 233-6558 The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to negotiate solely with Lotek Engineering Inc. in Newmarket, Ontario (Canada) to furnish and deliver (F.O.B. Destination) eight (8) GPS-2000 Animal Tracking units to the USDA, ARS, Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center in Beaver, WV. The GPS systems will be used for the tracking of livestock grazing behavior in a complex terrain and will be used to improve grazing management practices. Each system, GPS 2000 Model, includes a rechargeable battery with a Scheduler Package; a Sensor Package; a differential correction software package, GIS (Arcview 3.1) software, PC connection RS232 (MS Windows 95/98 computer) and download link (to the computer); any special tools required for normal servicing of the units; a Battery Charger for rechargeable batteries; one (1) set each of the equipment and software manuals and a one-year parts and labor warranty on the equipment. The software shall be "Y2K" compliant. Minimum specifications for each GPS system: Field programmable GPS and beacon scheduler package; Field upload/download link package to include a field upload of satellite almanac; an 8 channel receiver with VHF tracking beacon mounted on collars with combined weight not to exceed 2-1/2 pounds; Field recoverable NiCad rechargeable batteries; Data storage capacity: 8,000 locations for nondifferential mode or 4,000 locations for differential mode; VHF frequency range: 140-175Mhz; Operational temperature range: -20C to 50C; Data retention storage temperature range: -20C to 75C. Six units shall have collars fitted for cattle and two units shall have collars fitted for sheep. The Sensor package shall be integrated into each unit and capture location, ambient temperature and two-axis activity (browsing activity). The sensor package shall be capable of upgrading to include additional information (i.e. mortality). Companies with the demonstrated capability and financial capacity to provide and service such equipment must submit a written substantive statement outlining the Company's and systems' capabilities to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of publication of this notice. This is not a request for proposal. No solicitation is available. Posted 09/01/99 (W-SN375325). (0244)

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