SoW 2025 Night Vision Clip On Unit - 4 units CT.pdf

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA APHIS Wildlife Services

Florida Program

Statement of Work

Contents General Information

1.0 Scope of Work

2.0 Background

Contractor Requirements

3.0 Technical Requirements / Tasks

5.0 Deliverables / Schedule

8.0 Security Requirements

General Information

1.0 Scope of Work

APHIS' Wildlife Services leads our Nation’s efforts to manage conflicts between people and wildlife so they can coexist.

The four main goals of Wildlife Services are to:

1. Provide wildlife services, protecting agriculture, wildlife and other natural resources, property, and human health and safety.

2. Develop effective methods and strategies with technology that is biologically, environmentally, and socially sound.

3. Value and invest in people with an organizational culture that promotes innovation as Federal leaders of wildlife management.

4. Inform and communicate. Collect and analyze internal and external communication to build an understanding of the Federal role in these efforts.

2.0 Background

The purchase of night vision clip on units (quantity 4) serves as a mission critical purchase for the USDA Wildlife Services Florida Program. These units are designed to attach to a firearm in front of an existing day optic. These allow employees to conduct wildlife damage management activities at night, when target species are more active. Conducting wildlife damage management activities at night, as opposed to during the day, has many advantages. By utilizing night vision clip on units, employees are able to conduct wildlife management activities at night when predator movement is at its highest, maximizing employee efforts and reducing cost to the agency, as well as the cooperators paying for the service.

These units also allow employees to access and conduct wildlife damage management activities in areas that experience high visitor traffic during the day, which hinders most wildlife damage management techniques for efficiently removing the animal causing the damage. This allows for employees target animal movement and remove them quickly, again saving cost in employee time, while ensuring public safety. Finally, these units aid in the protection of coastal threatened and endangered species by allowing WS employees conduct predator control on Florida’s coastal beaches.

Contractor Requirements

3.0 Technical Requirements / Tasks

USDA APHIS Florida WS program is requesting to purchase four (4) night vision clip on units to assist with African Swine Fever (ASF) deployment and predator control for threaten and endangered species as part of USDA Wildlife Services’ wildlife damage management practices. These units need to be compatible with a wide variety of firearms that USDA Wildlife Services Florida Program already retains. These units need to be removable and transferrable without the need of adapters.

The most conducive features for the required specification are identified below. These specifications MUST apply to each unit, not a combination of the 4 units being requested.

Additional information for a suitable night vision clip on unit:

• Condition: NEW

• Size: 8” minimum to 10” maximum length, 3” minimum to 4” maximum in height

• Weight: 2 lbs. to 3 lbs.

• Finish: Black Matte or Brown, Corrosion Resistant

• Controls: On/Off Gain Control, Manual Focus

• Figure of Merit (FOM): 2000 minimum FOM

• Focus Range: 20 Meters to Infinity

• 3rd generation white phosphorus

• Battery powered

• Battery Life: Exceeds 24 hours

• Magnification with day optic: Maximum 15X

• Recognition Range: Greater than 1000 meters at ¼ moon

• Mount: mount for Quick Attach/Detach to picatinny rail or equivalent mounting surface

• Magnification: 1X (unity)

• Waterproof: Minimum of 3 ft. for 4 hours

• Bore Sight: Factory Bore Sight to within .5 MOA of alignment to the day scope point of impact

• Weapons Certification: Tested for use on firearms up to and including .50 caliber rifles

5.0 Deliverables / Schedule

Delivery of these units will be made to:

USDA Wildlife Services 2820 East University Avenue Gainesville, Florida 32641

Primary Point of Contact:

Jamie Hammond Wildlife Biologist Jamie.Hammond@USDA.gov 352-337-5556

NOTE: Delivery will need to occur during office hours, Monday through Friday, signature required.

8.0 Security Requirements

Signature Required for delivery.

mailto:Jamie.Hammond@USDA.gov