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SOLE-SOURCE DETERMINATION AND JUSTIFICATION FOR

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

Date: August 6, 2026 To: April Brenden-Locke, Designated Procurement Officer, Contract Services, Administrative Services Division

From: Becky Sell (Procurement and Contract Specialist 1)

Ian Tattam (Inland Fish Science Program Manager)

RE: Sole Source Determination pursuant to Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 279B.075 and Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 125-247-0275

CSR: CSR Umpqua Basin Salmon Smolt Survival

Part A

1. Authority to enter into a Sole-Source Contract: ORS 279B.075 and OAR 125-246- 0170(2)(c)(H)

2. Estimated Total Value of the Procurement: $116,000

3.Single or Multiple Purchases: Single

4. Background:

ODFW has been tasked by Legislative funding for only the 25-27 Biennium to investigate survival of salmon smolts released from Rock Creek Hatchery on the North Umpqua River.

Project partners have determined that use of acoustic telemetry tags is the only feasible way to measure juvenile salmon survival post-release in this river system in the allotted timeframe.

5. Findings:

We identified that Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. is the sole-source provider of the SS400, SS300, and Eel Lamprey Acoustic Tag (ELAT) Acoustic Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) tags. ATS holds exclusive rights to manufacture these products under a licensing agreement with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Only JSATS tags meet required size, power output, and detection sensitivity for this river system.

There is no passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag or coded wire tag (CWT) detection and

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A. Market Research Overall Finding.

We evaluated various vendor sources for acoustic telemetry tags, and identified that the Advanced Telemetry Systems JSATS tags and associated receivers gave us the highest probability of success in meeting legislative funding deliverables. ODFW conducted market research during spring 2026 to identify all manufacturers, distributors, and research institutions capable of supplying acoustic telemetry tags suitable for the Umpqua Basin Salmon Smolt Survival study . The research included online review of available acoustic telemetry technologies, and analysis of alternative tagging systems. ODFW evaluated commercially available acoustic and radio-frequency telemetry systems from multiple known vendors in fisheries research, including but not limited to: Innovasea, Biomark, Advanced Telemetry Systems. The size and injectable design of the JSATS tags from Advanced Telemetry Systems were the only technology compatible with our study needs.

And

B. Findings of Fact pursuant to OAR 125-247-0275(2) must include, at a minimum, one of the following:

1. Pursuant to OAR 125-247-0275(2)(a): Compatibility. Provide findings supporting your determination that the efficient utilization of existing goods requires the acquisition of compatible goods or services from only one source.

Not applicable.

2. Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(b): Exchange of Software or Data. Provide findings supporting your determination that the goods or services required for the exchange of software or data with other public or private agencies are available from only one source.

Not applicable.

3. Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(c): Pilot or Experimental Project. Provide findings supporting your determination that the goods or services are for use in a pilot or an experimental project.

Not applicable.

4. Pursuant to ORS 279B.075 (2)(d): Other findings that support the conclusion that Supplies and Services are available from only one source may include but are not limited to considerations of: unique design, availability, geographic location, exclusive authorized representative, cost of conversion, and warranty services.

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Concurrent with the attached sole-source attestation from Advanced Telemetry Systems, we identified that only the JSATS tagging system, which is only available from ATS, was the only reasonable tagging technology application for this project. The small size, battery life and injectable design of the JSATS tags make them different from other acoustic technologies.

These tags are specifically designed for tagging small juvenile salmon and are the only ones that will meet our biological constraints of fish size, tag burden, rapid and suture-less tagging techniques to produce healthy, tagged smolts that effectively mimic the un-tagged population and have acoustic tags with high detection probability in a large river system. PIT tags would not be sufficiently detectable in the Umpqua River basin.

Part B - Conditions of Approval will be inserted by ODFW-DPO.

April Brenden-Locke, Contract Services Manager, ODFW Date

8/11/2026