The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an agency within the Department of the Interior, awarded a $191,980.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Vertebrate Systems LLC, a small business, for the delivery of wildlife tracking loggers. This contract has a completion date of April 28, 2023 and was awarded on March 10, 2023.
The original solicitation was a total small business set-aside request for wildlife tracking loggers to support ongoing ecological and species population research efforts at national parks, forests, and other conservation areas. Vertebrate Systems LLC, a provider of sensor solutions and specialized equipment for wildlife tracking, has previously delivered GPS transmitters, satellite tags, radio tags, and data loggers to the USGS and National Park Service through similar small business set-aside contracts.