Purchase Order 140FS324P0072

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has awarded a $20,315.00 firm-fixed price purchase order contract to Smith-Root Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Vancouver, Washington. The contract is for the provision of an Electrofisher Control Box and associated equipment to support snakehead survey work by the Maryland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office around the Chesapeake Bay. This sole-source contract was awarded without a set-aside designation, as the FWS determined Smith-Root's Apex Electrofisher Control Box to be the only product that can effectively and safely operate across the wide range of water conductivities required for the survey work, with features like programmable output waveforms, data monitoring and recording, and on-screen performance visualization. The contract has an ultimate completion date of February 9, 2024.