PUR 7776.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

TITLE: InnovaSea Vemco Sonic Tags and Telemetry Equipment Short description of the commodity or service desired: Submersible receivers, data telemetry transmitters, tags, proprietary or unique accessories and software, and any updated or improved versions of these, and repairs thereof.

CONTACT

Name: Adrian Wiggins Address: 1875 E Orange Avenue, Tallahasse, FL 32311 Telephone: (850) 410-0471 Email: Adrian.Wiggins@myfwc.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FWC SS 25/26-03

Date posted: 10/20/2025 Last day for receipt of information: 11/10/2025

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

52161523 - Radio frequency transmitters or receivers 20142400 – Ocean floor equipment 70161702 – Marine ecosystem management 70161706 – Coastal ecology and conservation 70161707 - Conservation and management of animal or bird sanctuaries or pest free environments 10191700 - Pest control devices 81111902 - Online database information retrieval service 81141504 - Equipment test calibration or repair

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 years upon issuance of purchase order

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Luiz R. Barbieri, Ph.D., Section Leader Marine Fisheries Research Section FWC - Fish & Wildlife Research Institute Luiz.Barbieri@myfwc.com

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Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

1) Submersible, single channel receiver capable of identifying VEMCO V7, V8, V9, V9TP, V9AP, V13, V16, HR2,VR2-AR, VR2AR-X, VR100-200, VMT and VPS, VR2TX, VR2C, VR2W, NexTrak R1 and VRAR coded transmitters and any required repairs and upgrades to these receivers.

The VR2-AR is similar to a VR2W but has an acoustic release component. The VR100 is needed to communicate with the VR2AR (and comes in versions -200 and -300), the VMT is a hybrid between coded transmitter and a VR2W that can be externally attached to an animal/glider to detect all VEMCO coded transmitters at 69 kHz and behave as a VEMCO coded transmitter and can be detected by other VEMCO receivers, and the VPS is an underwater acoustic fine scale positioning system capable of providing meters level position resolution of many animals simultaneously.

The receiver must record the identification number and time stamp from VEMCO acoustic transmitters as the animal being studied travels within receiver range. Depth and temperature data should also be able to be collected. Data needs to be downloaded easily in the field by using a magnetic probe and PC wired or wireless interface. The receiver should consist of a hydrophone receiver, ID detector, data logging memory, and battery all housed in a submersible case. The receiver's plastic high pressure case needs to be lightweight and have a depth rating of 500 meters.

The receiver should be able to receive up to 256 coded telemetry transmitters (temperature and depth data) or up to 192,000 coded transmitters. The receiver should have a default frequency at 69kHz.

The submersible receiver dimensions should not be larger than 340 mm long by 60 mm in diameter. Receiver should not weigh more than 1175 g in air and 300 g in water. Power supply should be 1 - 3.6 V lithium C cell battery or 1 - 3.6 V lithium D cell battery. The receiver memory should be capable of retaining 1,000,000 detections with at least 8 megabyte flash memory.

Receiver capable of manual tracking and full data recording of same transmitters described above from small boats using both omni-directional and directional hydrophones. Must have compact (35 x 35 x 15 cm or smaller) splash resistant case, PC interface and battery power source.

(2) Single chip coded or continuous transmitter tags to track and determine the behavior patterns of fish and marine invertebrates. The transmitters need to send acoustic pulse trains that contain a sync period and an ID number, which permits identification of the specific tag with a VEMCO VR2W, VR100, VR2TX, NexTrak R1 or single or multi-channel receiver.

The transmitters should have either a random delay between prespecified range or a fixed delay.

Tags should have seven standard random pulse train delay range and tag frequencies should range between 50.0 and 84.0 kHz. Transmitter tags should be available in a least three sizes - 1) small internal tags - length should not be larger than 28 mm with a diameter of 9 mm. Power output should not be greater than 139 db re I uPa @ Im. Weight in air should not be greater than 4.7 g and weight in water 2.8g. 2) medium internal tags - length should not be larger thn 36 mm with a diameter of 11 mm. Power output should not be greater than 155 db re 1 uPa @ 1m. Weight in air

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should not be greater than 14g and weight in water 6.6g. That acoustic transformer should be located within the first 15 mm of the transmitter at the end with the activation wires.1. 3) larger internal or external tags - length should not be greater than 92 mm with a diameter of 16 mm.

Power output should not be greater than 159 db re 1 uPa @ 1,. The transmitter should be activated when the activation magnet is removed and deactivated when the magnet is replaced (magnetic reed switch activation).

(3) Proprietary or unique accessories and software required to download data from these receivers or to modify receivers to collect supplementary environment data.

Improved versions of these receivers, tags, and accessories developed during the single source period may be substituted as long as they meet the compatibility requirements outlined above.

TAGS: There are two types of tags, coded and continuous. The TP designation (VP7, VP9, VP13, & VP16) stands for temperature and pressure and a research can tailor make a tag to have none, one, or both added. This should be on all four tag types if applicable. A V9 or V13 can have AP (has an accelerometer) should have the option included. Tag list: V7, V9, V13, V16, tag with temperature (T) and or pressure (P) options: V&, V9, V13, or V16. Tags with accelerometer option: V9, and V13.

In tags which are continuous, meaning they are used for tracking but are NOT recorded on the underwater receivers but on the VR100 and those tags option: V9, V13 and V16 with additional options for temperature (T) and pressure (P).

Additional tags used are Predation Acoustic tags, V7D/V7DT, and V9D/V9DT with (T) for temperature sensor option and the Acoustic Data Storage Tag (ADST) which acoustically transmits and stores essential sensor data on behavior when located outside the receiver array.

Acoustic transmissions from tagged fish can be transmitted in real time wirelessly through an Innovosea Fathom Live Fish Tracking Dashboard, a site license for dashboard hosting and data management.

Wireless environmental sensors (aquaMeasure) paired with the aquaHub track water temperature and depth, along with a host of other environmental indicators (dissolved oxygen, salinity, chlorophyll, blue-green algae, turbidity, colored dissolved organic matter). Sensors can log data and also transmit wirelessly using Innovosea's Fathom Live Environmental Dashboard, a site license for dashboard hosting and data management.

Intended Single Source:

INNOVASEA MARINE SYSTEMS CANADA

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$2,000,000.00

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

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The products that we are requesting can only be purchased and repaired from INNOVASEA due to compatibility issues with tracking instruments already in use. There is no other company able to comply with the specifications and needs to complete our research.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Kelli LaPuma, Administrative Assistant II Luiz Barbieri, Program Administrator Sarah Burnsed, Research Associate Philip Stevens, Research Scientist Robert Ellis, Associate Research Scientist Danielle Morely, Research Administrator I Courtney Saari, Research Administrator II Erick Ault, Research Administrator I Gregg Poulakis, Research Associate Eric Weather, Research Administrator I Leanne Flewelling, Deputy Director, FWRI Matthew Carroll, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor Rachel Korade, Purchasing Director Philip T. Stone, Chief Operating Officer

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.