66 -- IDT FOR MANATEE PROTECTION SYSTEM ON VERTICAL LIFT GATES, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FLORIDA

Notice Date

January 31, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019

ZIP Code

32232-0019

Solicitation Number

DACW17-01-R-0003

Response Due

April 2, 2001

Point of Contact

Darlene Ainsworth, Contract Specialist, 904-232-3055

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact contract specialist. (darlene.r.ainsworth@saj02.usace.army.mil)

Description

US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, intends to procure manatee protection systems to be installed on selected water control structures located in south Florida. The contractor will provide all material, labor, and equipment to fabricate, install, and test manatee protection systems. The gate system shall use sensing devices based on piezo-electric film technology that was produced for this specific purpose. The system shall be capable of discerning and differentiating, or filtering signals from various sources and allow only those related to a manatee presence to initiate the alarm modes during gate closings. The devices shall be positioned and affixed to the channel floor adjacent to the existing gate seal both upstream and downstream of the gate-to-seal contact area. Control signals shall not interfere with normal gate openings and closings and shall interface with the existing gate controls. Sensor activation shall halt and reverse the lowering gate movement about six inches. At this same time, audio and visual signals shall be activated intermittently to alert gate operations personnel. Included in this work is the dewatering of the selected structures prior to the installation of the manatee protection systems. The contractor shall have the piezo-electric sensing device calibrated and tested prior to the final installation. The contractor shall have the equipment, parts, and labor available for installation of the sensing devices and electronic boxes and controls at each structure prior to the start of dewatering. This acquisition is "UNRESTRICTED." All businesses are encouraged to respond. Solicitation DACW17-01-R-0003 will be issued on or about 1 March 2001 with offers due on or about 2 April 2001. Copies of the solicitation document may be obtained from our website listed below. NAICS Code 334511, small business size standard is 750 employees.

Web Link

Click here to view further information and bidders (http://www.saj.usace.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010202/66SOL009.HTM (W-031 SN50C3S5)