PUR 7776.pdf

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Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

TITLE: BioBase LLC

Short description of the commodity or service desired: (1) Annual subscriptions to BioBase

LLC's online mapping platforms used for mapping aquatic vegetation, aquatic habitats, and depths in waterbodies from remote sensing data, including sonar data, using BioBase LLC's software and algorithms; and (2) the ability to order any specialized GIS or data reprocessing services from BioBase LLC related to any FWC data uploaded to BioBase LLC's online mapping platforms.

CONTACT

Name: Matthew Carroll

Address: 1875 Orange Ave E, Tallahassee, FL 32311

Telephone: 850-617-9692

Email: matthew.carroll@myfwc.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FWC SS 24.25-02

Date posted: 8/28/2024 Last day for receipt of information: 9/19/2024

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):

81151805 - Bathymetric Surveys

70171504 - Water resources mapping services

43233506 - Map creation software

81151601 - Mapping

81151602 - Map production

81101512 - Geographic information system GIS services

81111513 - Internet cloud storage service

81162000 - Cloud-based software as a service

81162100 - Cloud-based platform as a service

81171601 - Aquatic ecology service

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3-year term upon issuance of purchase order

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

Kevin Johnson

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Assistant Research Scientist

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Freshwater Fisheries Research Section

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):

A subscription based online platform that offers automated cloud acoustic sonar data processing and geostatistical outputs of user collected and uploaded spatial sonar data. Along with the ability replay, edit/modify, reprocess, and merge (interpolate/extrapolate) sonar data to the whole waterbody level to allow for the creation and exporting of whole waterbody level sonar data, reports of aquatic habitat analytics, and maps of bathymetry and aquatic habitats.

Intended Single Source:

BioBase LLC

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$250,000.00

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):

The online BioBase platform system (www.biobasemaps.com) was developed to provide sonar data aquatic habitat mapping services through data processing, analytics, and trend tools used by research and management agencies like FWC. Using automated cloud sonar data acoustic processing and geostatistical outputs, BioBase offers the power of bathymetric, aquatic vegetation, and bottom hardness mapping for maintaining a comprehensive look at waterbody status changes over time from user collected sonar data. Real time and historical data can be used in correlation with additional studies to evaluate habitat change over time and allocate/recommend efficient resources management. To this end, BioBase LLC is the sole source provider of online automated and centralized aquatic vegetation mapping technology and software platforms. Specifically, the EcoSound product and service platform is a one-of-a-kind cloud processing platform that automates the processing of uploaded sonar logs from off-the-shelf Lowrance consumer sonar devices and produces outputs of submersed aquatic vegetation abundance. The BioBase platform system is innovative in that it removes the need for any data collector to spend hours in the office processing acoustic data and manually generating data outputs and maps. Time is also saved by leveraging crowd-sourced efforts (e.g., merging outputs from multiple partners). No competitive system on the market offers a similar model of online automated cloud processing of aquatic habitat data similar to that of BioBase LLC.

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

Kevin Johnson, Assistant Research Scientist, Freshwater Fisheries Research Section, Fish and

Wildlife Research Institute

Geoff Lokuta, Biological Administrator II, Invasive Plant Management Section, Division of

Habitat and Species Conservation

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Daniel Nelson, Associate Research Scientist, Freshwater Fisheries Research Section, Fish and

Wildlife Research Institute

Jason Dotson, Freshwater Fisheries Research Section Leader, Fish and Wildlife Research

Institute

Leanne Flewelling, Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

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.