PUR 7776 FWC 25.26-21 Final.pdf

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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, depth, and substrates in waterbodies from sonar data collected by FWC, using BioBase LLC's software and algorithm platforms; (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;

and (3) the ability for BioBase LLC to create and maintain database services related to any data uploaded to BioBase LLC's online mapping platforms.

CONTACT

Name: Martin Ehlen Address: 1875 Orange Ave. East Tallahassee, FL 32311 Telephone: 850-617-9602 Email: martin.ehlen@myfwc.com

Internal tracking number, if any: FWC SS 25/26-21

Date posted: 07/10/2026 Last day for receipt of information: 07/31/2026 by 4:30pm ET

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 81111507 - ERP or database applications programming services 81111704 - Database design 81111806 - Database analysis service 81111901 - Database information retrieval 81111902 - Online database information retrieval service

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81112205 - Database management system software maintenance 83121604 - Online database information retrieval systems

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

3-year term upon issuance of purchase order

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

Kevin Johnson 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. Creation and maintence of a database that allows for the uploading, searching, displaying, and downloading of aquatic vegetation mapping data from mapped waterbodies.

Intended Single Source:

BioBase LLC

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$350,000.00

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, bottom hardness, and substrate 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

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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 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 Rachel Massey, FWC Assistant Purchasing Director, Office of the Executive Director Rachel Korade, FWC Purchasing Director, Office of the Executive Director Phillip T. Stone, FWC COO, Office of the Executive 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.