PUR 7776.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

TITLE: Lotek Short description of the commodity or service desired: Radio telemetry tags and receivers equipment.

CONTACT

Name: Adrian Wiggins Address: 1875 E Orange Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32311-6160 Telephone: 850-410-0471 Email: adrian.wiggins@myfwc.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FWC SS 25/26-05

Date posted: 10/29/2025 Last day for receipt of information: 11/20/2025

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):

Lotek radio telemetry tags and receivers with proprietary coding of existing equipment.

Commodity Code: 52161523, 41111938, 55121500

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3 years - upon issuance of purchase order

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

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Saint Petersburg FL, Freshwater Fisheries Research, Reid Hyle

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):

The Freshwater Fisheries Research Section uses Lotek tags and receivers with proprietary coding. Additional units are needed to complete the current study and support future research using existing infrastructure. Tags purchased must be compatible with Lotek SRX 1200 receivers. Tags should be programmable to broadcast at a frequeny between 150 and 154 MHz and coded so tag ID, temperature, pressure, and 3-axis acceleration can be decoded by the receiver. Tags must also log recorded temperature, pressure, and acceleration for download when

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tags are retreived. Receivers must be able to decode transmission from Lotek MCFT-3 transmitters and handle up to 700 tag IDs per channel/frequency.

Intended Single Source:

Lotek Wireless, Inc.

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$200,000.00

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):

Radio telemetry equipment is an integral component of a study designed to evaluate the survival, habitat use, predation rates, and emigration of freshwater fish. The tags are implanted into the body cavity of fish, allowing researchers to track them, record their locations, verify if they are living, and record their activity history through temperature, pressure, and acceleration loggers in the tag. The ongoing study is on a platform of Lotek equipment and is set to be extended.

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

Aaron Reid Hyle, Research Scientist Jason Dotson, Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute Section Leader Leanne Flewelling, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Deputy Director Matthew Carroll, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor Rachel Korade, Purchasing Director

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.