Brand Name or Equal: Echo 81 Ping DSP i3DSS Payloa

The U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants seeks one Brand Name or Equal Ping DSP i3DSS Payload Integration Kit with payload computer, with quotations due August 31 at 12:00 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time. This is a total small business set-aside.

Place of performance is USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, with delivery required by September 30. The equipment must integrate USV and Sonar with payload integration capabilities, include a Windows on-board computer for acquisition software, custom payload box, and sonar mounting bracket, and must work with both the Ping DSP Inc. 3DSS-iDX 450 Sonar (integrated with SBG Navsight Ekinox) and the Ping Maritime Robotics Otter Uncrewed Surface Vessel customized with Norbit iWBMSc, SonTek M9, and Veledyne VLP-16 payloads. Only authentic, manufacturer-certified or manufacturer-warranted products in original, intact manufacturer packaging qualify; gray market, counterfeit, used, or resale items are excluded. Quoters must provide technical brochures or specifications demonstrating conformance to minimum characteristics and must be registered in SAM with prices by line item including shipping.

Award goes to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror. The NAICS code is 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing; PSC is 6675, Drafting, Surveying, and Mapping Instruments. The solicitation incorporates FAR clauses and DOI-specific terms covering commercial item acquisitions, small business requirements, security standards, Section 508 accessibility, FISMA requirements, and electronic invoicing. Amendment 0002, effective September 11, modified requirements and closed the solicitation on that basis. All responses must be sent to Kekila_Keuma@ios.doi.gov, and offerors must acknowledge receipt of amendments prior to the deadline or risk rejection.