Acoustic releases & equipment
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 140G0326Q0048
- Agency
-
Office of Acquisitions and Grants
US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 2060 Commercial Fishing Equipment
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The US Geological Survey (USGS), operating under the Department of the Interior, has published a Special Notice on March 16, 2026 announcing its intent to procure acoustic releases and associated equipment from a single source. This notice satisfies the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.2 and indicates the agency's plan to negotiate directly with Innovasea Systems, Inc. for Acoustic Releases and related proprietary transponding equipment. The procurement falls under NAICS code 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC 2060 (Commercial Fishing Equipment). The USGS has determined that Innovasea is the sole source capable of providing the required equipment due to proprietary compatibility constraints with existing infrastructure. Although this is not a competitive solicitation, the notice invites all responsible parties to submit quotations for consideration.
The USGS intends to purchase seven Innovasea ASCENT AR Acoustic Releases, one VR100 Surface Transponder, one VHTx 69kHz Transponding Hydrophone, eighty Release Lugs, and one Magnetic Activation Probe to support fisheries research evaluating juvenile salmon behavior and survival at Cle Elum Dam and Roza Dam in the Upper Yakima Basin. The sole source justification rests on the fact that only Innovasea equipment interfaces with the existing USGS acoustic telemetry network's manufacturer-protected communication protocols and embedded software codes, making alternative systems incompatible without complete network replacement. The due date for responses and inquiries is February 26, 2026, though this date has already passed relative to the posting date of March 16, 2026. Interested parties may submit quotations electronically to Joahnne_Ongjoco@ios.doi.gov, though the Government retains sole discretion to determine whether to compete the action based on any responses received. No formal competitive solicitation will be issued for this procurement.
Notice text
NOTICE OF INTENT
This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) intends to negotiate a purchase order with Innovasea Systems, Inc. for Acoustic Releases and equipment as described in the attached technical specifications.
Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and Services. Innovasea Systems, Inc. is, to the knowledge of the USGS, the only source that can provide Innovasea Ascent AR Acoustic Release systems and associated proprietary transponding equipment (VR100, VHTx Transponding Hydrophone, Release Lugs, and Magnetic Activation Probe) because they are the only components compatible with the existing USGS acoustic telemetry network. The VR100 platform and deployed field hardware rely on Innovasea's manufacturer-protected communication protocols and embedded software codes, which can only interface with the Ascent AR release system; software is proprietary. These proprietary elements are integral to equipment already deployed across multiple long-term, federally funded fisheries studies, and no other manufacture's release system can be operated, commanded, or integrated into this network without full system replacement.
The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government.
The NAICS code 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing and PSC 2060 Commercial Fishing Equipment apply to this announcement.
Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to Joahnne_Ongjoco@ios.doi.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than March 26, 2026, at 1500 hours Pacific Time. Responses submitted by hardcopy, or the any web portal shall not be accepted or considered.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 140G0326Q0048_Technical_Specifications_2.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Special Notice | |
| Acoustic releases & equipment | Pre-Solicitation |
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