B01 - Sole Source Notice of Intent_1.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT

Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Interior (DOI), US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW), on behalf of the Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Birds in Anchorage, Alaska intends to sole source to:

WOODS HOLE GROUP, INC.

This purchase is to pay for satellite time and data acquisition for ARGOS / GPS transmitters from Woods Hole Group, Inc. Transmitters attached to wild birds collect GPS locations (stored on-board) until a regularly scheduled interval. On this interval, these locations are uploaded via the ARGOS satellite network to Woods Hole Group, Inc. where they are downloaded by USFWS staff. This purchase will allow the service to collect data from transmitters already deployed on birds in Alaska. Woods Hole Group is the only company that has access to these data and the data must be received from them.

This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same products may submit product information and a capabilities statement that speaks to the products the US Fish and Wildlife Services are seeking in this proposed acquisition. All responses are due by December 4, 2020, 11:00 AM Eastern Time and can be sent to Ian Young at Ian_A_Young@FWS.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Procurement Classification Code:

R702 - SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: DATA COLLECTION

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:

518210 – Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

Point of Contact:

Ian Young Contracting Officer, IT Services Acquisition team Joint Administrative Operations | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ian_A_Young@fws.gov | Office: 612-713-5214 mailto:Ian_A_Young@FWS.gov mailto:alissa_varrati@fws.gov