The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $205,811.12 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Sonardyne, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, for the delivery of Fetch transponders. The Fetch transponders will be compatible with the agency's wave-glider autonomous surface vessels used to assess earthquake hazards and locate seafloor benchmarks. This contract has no set-aside designation. Sonardyne, Inc. has previously been awarded...
This federal contract award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is for the delivery of deep water acoustic equipment by Sonardyne, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer. The $175,489.84 firm fixed-price purchase order does not have a set-aside designation. The equipment being procured includes vessel-based transceivers and MF to LMF conversion service for SVC3-300 systems, which support the USGS's research and underwater surveillance programs. As a prime contractor, Sonardyne has...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey (USGS) to Sonardyne, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, for a Global Positioning System - Acoustic Method system. The system includes an autonomous ocean-surface vessel with GPS-A (Global Positioning System - Acoustic) capabilities to make centimeter- to sub-centimeter-resolution measurements of seafloor benchmarks, supporting the USGS's mission of assessing...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center awarded a $41,710.28 firm fixed-price purchase order to Sonardyne, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, to acquire a Sonardyne Micro-Ranger 2 Nano underwater acoustic positioning system (USBL). This USBL system will be used to facilitate accurate positioning and tracking of equipment and divers in a subsea environment, enabling higher quality datasets for the Center's marine research activities. The...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $232,800.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Norbit US LTD, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide a multibeam bathymetry system. This contract is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 334511. The equipment will be used for beach topography and near-shore bathymetry mapping of Lake Superior, as well as for other critical infrastructure and coastal research projects performed by the USGS. The requested system includes...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $622,840.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Advanced Telemetry Systems Inc., a veteran-owned small business, for the procurement of acoustic transmitters. This award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. The transmitters must meet specific technical requirements, including the use of binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) code pulse, operating within a certain temperature range and frequency, and...
The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Vertebrate Systems LLC, a for-profit organization, to provide GPS transmitters with time-depth recorder (TDR) functionality. This equipment will be used to collect data on diving duration, depth, and water temperature to support ongoing ecological and species population research efforts. The $106,590.00 award has a completion date of September 30, 2021 and was not set aside for any...
The Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order contract to Kongsberg Underwater Technology, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit company, for a Wide Band Transceiver in the amount of $59,580.00. The contract was awarded on February 9, 2015 with a completion date of March 15, 2015. It was not set aside for any specific business type. Kongsberg Underwater Technology is a supplier of underwater sonar systems, sensors,...
Kongsberg Underwater Technology, LLC was awarded a firm fixed price purchase order totaling $76,964 by the U.S. Geological Survey to deliver echosounders with transducers in support of research at the agency's Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The award was made without a set-aside designation. Per the pre-solicitation notice, the USGS required a dual frequency 38/200 kHz transducer, a 120 kHz transducer, and compatible transceivers with EK80 software licensing to operate the...
The Department of the Interior US Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a sole-source purchase order to Geometrics, Inc., a for-profit foreign-owned company, for the procurement of a tow cable, deck cable, and a streamer power supply. These components are compatible only with the USGS' existing Geometrics GeoEel systems, which were previously procured in 2014 for $146,130.00. The new purchase order has a potential value of $33,750.00 and a firm fixed price contract type. The contract does not have...