Notice of Proposed Contract Action (NOPCA) Acoustic Song Meter.pdf

Notice of Proposed Contract Action (NOPCA). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. This is not a solicitation or request for offers. Only a single responsible source and no other contractors will satisfy agency requirements.

The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS), Special Projects Operations Center (SPOC), Northwest Branch is issuing this synopsis as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART 413.3— SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS.

The Forest Service notice is intended to award a single source to Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. for the total purchase of 33 acoustic song meter mini 2 Li-ion units, These requirements will be delivered to 255 W 11th Ave Kettle Falls, WA 99141.

PSC – 5835 Sound Recording and Reproducing Equipment NAICS – 334310 – Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing Size Standard – 750 employees

Project Location: This project is located at: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Colville National Forest, 255 W 11th Ave Kettle Falls, WA 99141.

This is a supply requirement for a small, portable, lightweight, waterproof song meter recorders that communicate via Bluetooth to indicate battery life, location, and status of the recorder. The USDA Forest Service, Colville National Forest, has received funding for monitoring white headed woodpeckers, northern goshawks, and Clark’s nutcrackers within the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project (CFLRP) boundary. Bioacoustics monitoring with acoustic recording devises is the most economically feasible and timesaving method to collect this type of data at a landscape scale. The recorders would need to collect hundreds of hours of sound data with the ability to be programmed for flexible sunrise/sunset times and limited need for maintenance/upkeep of batteries and data. The Pacific Northwest Research Station has tested various recording units as part of their Northern Spotted Owl bioacoustics research project and recommended the autonomous recording units from Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. to meet their similar needs. The Research Station is requesting this song meter due to their high-performance during use in projects that require recording in the field for months at a time.

This purchase will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1) For purchase not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold

(it) Contracting Officers may solicit form one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only single source reasonably available. There is no reasonable expectation of obtaining offers from other vendors that can meet all of the technical abilities of this requirement.

The Government intends to make an award in September 2024. Interested parties may identify their interests and capabilities to respond to this requirement to the Contracting Specialist Jennifer LaBarge at jennifer.labarge@usda.gov within 7 calendar days of this publication. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.

Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Contracting Officer, Dr. Jerome Watkins, not to compete this proposed award upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided.

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