Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) transmitters Contract Award

The Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers (District) requires the supply of JSATS micro-acoustic transmitters for implantation into adult and juvenile salmonids, kelt steelhead and Pacific lamprey for fish passage and survival studies.

Interested parties must have recently (since 2010) produced fifty prototype JSATS micro-acoustic transmitters with 100% passing in a competitive procurement performance evaluation/acceptance test for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. An equivalent evaluation by an independent laboratory may be substituted if accompanied by a test results report. Written documentation of the results of these performance evaluations must be submitted to be considered for this requirement. The written documentation of acceptance testing results must include information on dimensional, environmental, electrical, and acoustic factors. These factors, for acceptance testing procedures, will be specified in the solicitation.

The District is considering the award of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) to accomplish this mission.

Solicitation Number W912EF-15-R-0003 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website on or about mid to late October. Closing response date will be approximately 4 weeks from the date the solicitation is issued.

This project is to be solicited as Unrestricted. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334511 with a size category of 750 employees.

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