Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) Tags

THIS IS A SPECIAL NOTICE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) SUBPART 5.2 SYNOPSES OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTIONS

NAICS: 334220
Estimated Delivery Period: January 2023-September 2023
Response Deadline: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on November 4, 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District (NWP) intends to negotiate/award a sole-source contract with Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. (ATS), to provide Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) Tags, receivers, and equipment for a fish passage and survival study at USACE Howard Hanson Dam (HHD), in the Green River Basin during 2023. The fish passage and survival study will be conducted by researchers under a separate contract.

ATS will provide 5,275 each Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) Model SS400 Series acoustic transmitters (tags), 32 each Model SR3001 receivers, 10 each Model SR3017 receivers, 10 each Model 18130 hydrophones, 78 each Model 18510 receiver battery packs, and 6 each Model 18588 micro sonic pinger dish IV. The Government has determined this contract to be of critical importance to the operations of Howard Hanson Dam for fish passage and survival in the Green River, and that feasible substitutes are not available.

REASON FOR SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION:
The statutory authority for this non-competitive acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Services Will Satisfy Requirements.
The proposed sole source contractor is Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. Compatibility with existing equipment is the characteristic that makes this firm the only one capable of supplying the required item.
The Government owns the pending patent and frequency of the required JSATS tags. The Government made the specifications of the patented tag available to the public. USACE currently owns the activation and detection equipment for the patented JSATS tags for fish passage and survival studies. The tags will be used for the HHD fish passage and survival study and the required Model SS400 acoustic tags are built to the specifications of the patented tag and are compatible with existing equipment. ATS is the only vendor manufacturing these tags to the required specification.
At this time, a solicitation does not exist. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.

*NO PHONE INQUIRIES, PLEASE.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. Point of Contact name, email address and phone number, CAGE code and Unique Entity ID number (UEI, if available);
2. In the event that the organization is a small business, please state the category of small business, such as 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB/VOSB, Women-Owned Small Business;
3. The Government will evaluate the capabilities of an interested party based on their submission of information detailing a minimum of two (2) years of experience producing JSATS tags that are 15.0 x 3.3 mm in size and weighs 210 mg and built to the specifications of the pending patent, and demonstrate a minimum of two (2) years of successful field (fish passage and survival research) use of the required JSATS tags.

Send responses by email, labeled as “W9127N23R0013 - JSATS” in the subject line to the following:
julia.b.henry@usace.army.mil
Patrick.P.Collins@usace.army.mil