The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $15,430.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Star-Oddi, a manufacturer of specialized data logging devices. The contract is for the supply of depth and temperature loggers to support an acoustic sampling project in eastern Lake Superior. The loggers will be attached to gill nets deployed on the bottom of the lake. The requested loggers must be small, lightweight, and able to operate at depths up to 250 meters with...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. (PME), a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of water monitoring sensors and systems. The $41,982 contract is for the purchase of miniDOT dissolved oxygen loggers, which will be delivered to NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) in Ann Arbor, Michigan by April 1, 2023. The award was made on a...
This is a $23,824.93 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 to Innovasea Systems, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced aquatic solutions. The contract is for the delivery of specialized scientific equipment and services to support fisheries research and monitoring in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. Innovasea Systems, a small business, will provide acoustic telemetry systems, including receivers,...
This firm fixed price purchase order contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, to Illinois & Michigan Oil LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for barge and tow services in support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and a ceiling value of $119,285.00. The services will be used to conduct a larval fish entrainment assessment in the Great Lakes region. Illinois &...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract valued at forty-four thousand five hundred ninety-six dollars and forty-nine cents ($44,596.49) to Loachridge Acal C, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to provide sea lamprey portable assessment trapping services near the Big Manistee River in Manistee County, Michigan. The contract, which has a total small business set aside designation, calls for the awardee to perform the services detailed in...
This is a $17,740.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an agency within the Department of the Interior, to Midwest Lake Management, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in New Franken, Wisconsin. The contract is for the provision of one (1) backpack electrofisher, which supports the USGS's fisheries research and resource management efforts. The original solicitation was issued as a small business set-aside, reflecting Midwest Lake...
This is a $71,018.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, to LFS Inc., a for-profit small business, for the delivery of Yankee trawl nets. The requirement was originally issued as a small business set-aside solicitation under NAICS code 314999, All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills, but the set-aside was later dissolved. The trawl nets will likely be used to support the agency's fisheries research operations...
This is a $65,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 to Loachridge Acal C, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for adult sea lamprey trapping services on the Big Manistee River in Michigan. The performance period is from March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2029, with trapping operations occurring five days per week. This procurement was set aside for small businesses. The...
The Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $40,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Midwest Lake Management, Inc. for an electrofishing purchase. As a woman-owned, small business manufacturer of aquatic equipment, Midwest Lake will provide specialized electrofishing systems to support fisheries research and resource management efforts of the USGS. The equipment will allow agency biologists to conduct critical fisheries assessments and...
This is a $27,664.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to M & S Inc. Duluth Nets Division, a small business manufacturer of specialized fishing equipment. The contract is for the procurement of 32 custom Lake Trout Sinking Gillnets in four different mesh sizes to support gamete collection efforts in Lake Superior as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The nets will be used to construct brood stock strains for stocking...