Purchase Order 140G0126P0110

The U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $16,919.25 firm fixed-price purchase order to Kisters North America, Inc. on March 30, 2026, for a non-contact discharge measurement system under total small business set-aside designation. The contract calls for delivery of a Sommer RQ-30+ Discharge Sensor Base Unit with a 10-meter cable assembly to the USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by April 30, 2026. The system is designed to measure water velocity, water level, and compute water discharge with high precision specifications including 0.025 mm water level accuracy and 0.01 m/s velocity accuracy. The equipment must operate over a temperature range of -40 to +60 degrees Celsius and comply with Section 508 accessibility standards and FISMA security requirements.

Kisters North America, Inc., a foreign-owned small business subsidiary of German-based Kisters AG headquartered in Lake Worth, Florida, specializes in hydrologic monitoring equipment and environmental data management solutions. This purchase order is issued as a delivery order under the company's existing five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with USGS valued at $2.5 million and established on September 13, 2021. Kisters North America has established itself as a primary vendor to USGS and other natural resource agencies, including the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Environmental Protection Agency, supplying specialized instrumentation and technical services that support federal field operations and water data collection initiatives across the nation.